David Journal

Tag: October 2018

  • The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

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    How did those missionaries know to bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and then leave without further discussion? “My mission president in Chile invited us to read the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith as found in Joseph Smith History every week.”

  • The Ministry of Reconciliation

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    We suggest that you not wait for further instructions on ministering. Jump in and do something. I want to speak about another type of ministering that doesn’t involve an assignment. “Anger, if not restrained is always more destructive than the thing that provoked it.” “Our relationship with Christ will be determined or at least affected…

  • Becoming a Shepherd

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    Jesus asked Peter to become a shepherd. We have all been given the same invitation to become shepherds through ministering. Numbering is not about numbers. It is about making sure that each person feels loved. “I hope those to whom you minister will see you as a friend.” “Do our sheep know we are watching…

  • The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead

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    How frustrating it must have been, how impotent Joseph F. Smith must have felt, as person after person close to his heart had died. Surely he had prayed for them to be spared time after time. It is no wonder that President Joseph F. Smith received the revelation in Section 138 and that he saw…

  • Sisters’ Participation in the Gathering of Israel

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    Please note that anytime I use the word mother, I am not talking only about women who have given birth or adopted children in this life. I am speaking about all of our Heavenly Parents’ adult daughters. Every woman is a mother by virtue of her eternal divine destiny. In other words, as a woman…

  • Parents and Children

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    Children are our most precious gift from God—our eternal increase. Yet we live in a time when many women wish to have no part in the bearing and nurturing of children. Many young adults delay marriage until temporal needs are satisfied. The average age of our Church members’ marriages has increased by more than two…

  • Women and Gospel Learning in the Home

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    Part of the Lord’s current sharing of knowledge relates to accelerating His pouring out eternal truth on the heads and into the hearts of His people. He has made clear that the daughters of Heavenly Father will play a primary role in that miraculous acceleration. One evidence of the miracle is His leading His living…

  • The Joy of Unselfish Service

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    Sometimes as we serve, we get to sit in different seats. Some are quite comfy and some other ones are not, but we have promised our Father in Heaven that we will serve Him and others with love and do His will in all things. Thinking back on Victoria’s cake helps me remember an unselfish…

  • Divine Discontent

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    These prophetic calls to action, coupled with our innate sense that we can do and be more, sometimes create within us what Elder Neal A. Maxwell called “divine discontent.” Divine discontent comes when we compare “what we are [to] what we have the power to become.” Each of us, if we are honest, feels a…

  • For Him

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    As a young couple, my husband and I were called by our bishop to visit and minister to a family who hadn’t been to church in many years. We willingly accepted the assignment and went to their home a few days later. It was immediately clear to us that they did not want visitors from…