David Journal

Tag: Priesthood

  • Your Potential, Your Privilege

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    Too late the man discovered that he had been living far below his privileges. Are we, as priesthood holders, living below our privileges? All the blessings of the priesthood can be given to other worthy children of God in priesthood blessings. Too often our day to day activities go no deeper than a rehearsed script.…

  • The Three Rs of Choice

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    I’ve been thinking recently about choices and their consequences. Three categories of his thought on choice: the right of choice Satan had no confidence in the plan or in us which is why he argued for mandatory salvation. He either did not know or did not care that doing so would prevent anyone from growing…

  • Serve with the Spirit

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    Let us do whatever is required to qualify for the Holy Ghost as our companion and then let us go forward to do whatever is required for us. Confirmation into the church gives us the gift of the Holy Ghost but the companionship of the Holy Ghost requires our lives to be put in order.…

  • Pride and the Priesthood

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    He has felt strongly impressed to speak about the need to beware of pride. The word pride need not be taboo, but the sin of pride should be. At it’s core pride is the sin of comparison. Pride is for many a personal rameumptum. Pride breaks both of the two great commandments and reveals the…

  • He Teaches Us to Put Off the Natural Man

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    Our home must be a place for the Spirit. . . There is no room for the natural man in our homes. The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace, teaches us how to have peace in our homes. I really wonder if Elder Uceda was the father in the story of the…

  • “Come unto Me with Full Purpose of Heart, and I Shall Heal You”

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    I disregarded what I knew to be right . . . and I paid a price for it. When it comes to how we live the gospel we must not do it with laziness or rebelliousness. Wow, he is not pulling any punches. I love it! When they laid down their weapons of rebellion they…

  • Be Thou an Example of the Believers – October 2010

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    I don’t think I have heard this strong an emphasis on missionary work permeating a general conference in a long time. We often apply the counsel to Timothy (“Let no man dispise thee because of thy youth but be thou an example of the believers…”) but we should not forget that the advise to be…

  • The Power of the Priesthood

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    The key in the organization of the Lord is priesthood. The priesthood will lose great power if the sisters are ignored. Fathers preside in the home whenever they are present even when someone else such as a civic or church leader is present. When the father is not present the mother should request the presiding…

  • The Magnificent Aaronic Priesthood

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    Young Men General PresidentNew Duty to God Program He is excited about the new Duty to God program that will be arriving for Bishops in June. In this new program young men will be expected to take charge of their own development and to share what they learn through the tasks that they undertake in…

  • Preparation Brings Blessings

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    His message is to prepare for missionary service and temple marriage. He reminded young men in cultures where dating is appropriate to not date before they are 16 and to start dating in groups or on double dates. He reminds us of the importance of honesty. I will track references to “Virtuous, Lovely, Of Good…