David Journal

Tag: October 2010

  • Reflections on a Consecrated Life

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    A consecrated life is a life of labor. A consecrated life is full of work, sometimes menial, sometimes repetitive . . . Wholesome leisure is the steadying companion of consecrated work A consecrated Life is a life of integrity Life offers you two precious gifts – one is time, the other freedom of choice, the…

  • Gospel Learning and Teaching

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    four basics of gospel teaching Immerse yourselves in the scriptures. Develop a habit of daily scripture study separate from your lesson preparation. Apply in your life the things you have learned Seek heavens help the role of a teacher is to awaken in the students a desire to learn, know, and live the gospel themselves…

  • Stay on the Path

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    We can each reach out an hold on to the hand of a child. No child need to walk alone if we speak freely to them about the plan of salvation. The world will teach our children if we do not and children are capable of learning all that the world will teach them at…

  • Because of Your Faith

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    Thank you for your sustaining vote and prayers. Please know that we sustain and pray for you. We are grateful for you and all the good you do. What incredible sacrifice by his parents for his mission. The personal value, the sacred splendor of every one of you, is the very reason there is a…

  • Charity Never Faileth

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    Tonight I’d like to share with you a few thoughts concerning how we view each other. Are we looking through a window which needs cleaning? Are we making judgments when we don’t have all the facts? What do we see when we look at others? What judgments do we make about them? President Monson is…

  • And of Some Have Compassion, Making a Difference

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    Compassion means to feel love and mercy toward another person. It means to have sympathy and desire to relieve the suffering of others. It means to show kindness and tenderness toward another. A teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood is charged with the responsibility “to watch over the church always, and [to] be with and strengthen…

  • Steadfast and Immovable

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    Before then, I knew God existed and Jesus Christ was the Savior of the world. I believed in Them and loved Them, but I had never felt Their love and care for me, individually, until that day as I rejoiced in my opportunity to make baptismal covenants. We demonstrate our acceptance of Jesus Christ as…

  • Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society

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    Prevailing myths imply that we are of lower importance than men, that we are generally sweet but uninformed, and that no matter what we do, we will never be enough to be accepted by our Heavenly Father. As the Apostle Peter said, there are “false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,…