David Journal

Tag: October 2020

  • Seek Christ in Every Thought

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    “Desires determine the gradations in outcomes.” – Neal A. Maxwell The more we resist a temptation the less power it will have to tempt us in the future.

  • Peace, Be Still

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    Sometimes we feel distress and fear even when, from on objective perspective, our situation is well under control. That doesn’t invalidate our feelings of distress but it can explain why others may not feel the need to address our distress with urgency. Our faith increases as we choose to believe rather than doubt, forgive rather…

  • Watch Ye Therefore, and Pray Always

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    Pray for peace. Pray for the leaders of our nations. The coronavirus pandemic makes it more obvious than at other times that ALL leaders need to be making wise decisions. Prayer can change our own lives.

  • Embrace the Future with Faith

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    Sisters, you have all been absolutely heroic! I marvel at your strength and your faith. You have shown that in difficult circumstances, you bravely carry on. I love you, and I assure you that the Lord loves you and sees the great work you are performing. Thank you! Once again, you have proven that you…

  • Be of Good Cheer

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    In the final days of His mortal life, Jesus Christ told His Apostles of the persecutions and hardships they would suffer. He concluded with this great assurance: “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” That is the Savior’s message to all of our Heavenly Father’s…

  • Sisters in Zion

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    Here is the Lord’s revealed description of what would happen to Enoch’s people and what will happen in this last dispensation of the fulness of times: “And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and…

  • The Healing Power of Jesus Christ

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    Rudy is kind and forgiving and told the manager it was OK if they just repaired the damage and brought back the same piano, but the manager insisted on getting us a new one. Rudy responded, saying, “It couldn’t be that bad. Just fix it up and bring it over.” The manager said, “The wood…

  • Keep the Change

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    Imagine someone going to a market to purchase an item. If she pays the cashier more than the item is worth, the cashier will give her change. King Benjamin taught his people in ancient America of the tremendous blessings we receive from our Savior, Jesus Christ. He created the heavens, the earth, and all the…

  • By Union of Feeling We Obtain Power with God

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    On June 9, 1842, the Prophet (Joseph Smith) “said he was going to preach mercy[.] Supposing that Jesus Christ and [the] angels should object to us on frivolous things, what would become of us? We must be merciful and overlook small things.” President Smith continued, “It grieves me that there is no fuller fellowship—if one…

  • God Will Do Something Unimaginable

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    Is a consistent theme – that the Lord builds unimaginable things out of adversity. How many of those speaking have found themselves amazed at the length of this pandemic? God was not surprised or unprepared for this pandemic. We may have been so tied to prior norms that it took a pandemic to open our…