David Journal

Tag: Prayer

  • Prayer works

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    When I got home from work tonight Britni was looking for her keys. I enlisted Savannah’s help and we all looked, digging into couches, cars, bedrooms, etc. After at least 15 minutes of fruitless searching I went to my room to pay that someone would be inspired and find the keys. Within 5 minutes I…

  • Party on

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    With a conversation that started in 2016, Laura and I finally invited people to a small get-together on the 31st. It started as a celebration of our combined 40-ness but, realizing that neither of us are big-group people, morphed into the first of a series of smaller gathering to enjoy time with God friends. With…

  • The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches Us to Pray

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    In 1977, I was serving as a full-time missionary in Cusco, Peru. My companion and I received approval to take all the missionaries in the Cusco zone to the magnificent Machu Picchu ruins. Towards the end of our visit to the ruins, some of the missionaries wanted to go to the Inca Bridge, part of…

  • The Soul’s Sincere Desire

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    Prayer is essential to faith. “When Christ comes again will he find faith on the earth?” “It is not only important that we know how to pray but it is also important that we know how to receive answers.”

  • Ezra’s family prayer

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    Ezra said or evening prayer tonight. It was short, sweet, and practically perfect: Heavenly Father, We’re thankful for family. Amen.

  • “He poured out his whole soul”

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    What does it mean that Alma poured out his whole soul? That suggests not than his regular prayers, more earnestness or urgency. When is that necessary and do I have the faith and self awareness to do such a thing when needed?

  • Priesthood and Personal Prayer

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    All of us must speak and act in the name of God in moments when our unaided judgment will fail us. We do not have to cry out to him with many words … what we need to do is come before Him often and recognize Him. Get that entire quote. It is easier to…

  • Asking in the spirit

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    We are promised that if we ask in the spirit we will receive what we ask for. What that requires is that we stay close to the spirit and align ourselves with the spirit through prayer.

  • Prayer is based on desire

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    When it was given unto the Nephites what to pray we are told that their hearts were filled with desire. Left unsaid is what that consuming desire was. Seeing as they were given what to pray I suspect that their desire was along the lines of featuring to stay with their Savior and/or desiring to…

  • Prayer is collaborative

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    When it says that the Nephites did not multiply many words as they prayed unceasingly during the visit of the risen Christ the scriptures tell us that it was given to them what they should pray for. We should learn to tune into the spirit as we offer prayers in much the same way as…