David Journal

Tag: Priesthood

  • The Elders Quorum

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    This feels comparable to the change when Seventies were no longer called in each ward. No more High Priest Groups. The High Priest Quorum will be composed of those who are serving in Bishoprics, on High Counsels, and as functioning Patriarchs. Current high priest group leadership and Elders Quorum presidencies will be dissolved as soon…

  • What Every Aaronic Priesthood Holder Needs to Understand

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    “I believe the way we see people significantly impacts the way they see themselves.” “I believe that sometimes we have our Aaronic Priesthood holders children’s chairs.” In both Hebrew and Greek the root word of angel is “messenger.” The charge to call people to repent doesn’t mean standing on street corners shouting “repent ye.” More…

  • The Lord Leads His Church

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    He gave Revelation to prophets past, present, and future (point 3 of 4) Anyone who is unsure whether a calling (theirs or others) is correct should withhold judgement until they can see what God sees. A person may receive counsel from a Bishop, Stake President, or other church leader – none of these men asked…

  • Bearers of Heavenly Light

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    Sometimes spiritual breakdowns come because of sin (and sometimes they don’t). Sometimes they come so gradually that we hardly notice them. Sometimes we feel that we have no more to give. When we are in the light it enables us to make righteous choices based on truth. “If we become comfortable with darkness it is…

  • Earning the Trust of the Lord and Your Family

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    What a fascinating invitation to be dishonest. Let us take every opportunity to build trust with the Lord and with our wives and children.

  • The Truth of All Things

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    While looking for answers to gospel questions, make sure you are doing those things that you know are true and avoid those things that you know are contrary to truth.

  • The Priesthood and the Savior’s Atoning Power

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    The priesthood is like a rocket which is designed to deliver the blessings of salvation though Christ as it’s payload. If the priesthood fails to deliver the Savior’s atoning power then there is no purpose in the atonement that Christ provided for all men. “Priesthood is not an amorphous source of autonomous power.”

  • “Walk with Me”

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    I hope to help you feel the Lord’s approval for what you have done while also encouraging you to see opportunities to do more. “If you feel perfectly capable of accomplishing your priesthood duty I would worry that you don’t fully understand your priesthood duty.” I want to read these scriptures again. The Lord, speaking…

  • The Greatest among You

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    We need to consider our own thoughts when we feel we deserve something that we don’t seem to be receiving. Here is the second time that an apostle stated in clear terms that everyone has value and is loved regardless of how we or they identify them. To be effective church leaders we have to…

  • Prepare the Way

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    Service during youth can naturally help our young people to prepare for the burdens of adulthood in the Lord’s church. What would Jesus’ mission be like without the preparatory work of John. This is a model for the relationship between the Aaronic priesthood and the Melchizedek priesthood. We need to give the Aaronic priesthood holders…