David Journal

Tag: Saturday Afternoon

  • Our Father’s Plan – Big Enough for All His Children

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    Christ told his disciples “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” My principal concern is for the honorable people on the earth who are open to religious faith but have been…

  • Love and Law

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    Impressed to speak about God’s love and God’s commandments. His greatest blessings are reserved for those who keep His laws. Examples of misunderstanding of the relationship between God’s Love and God’s Law. “If you really loved me you would not force me (or would accept me as if I were being obedient)” The Love of…

  • Seeking to Know God, Our Heavenly Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ

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    Without God, life would end at the grave and our mortal experiences would have no purpose. Growth and progress would be temporary, accomplishment without value, challenges without meaning. There would be no ultimate right and wrong and no moral responsibility to care for one another as fellow children of God. Indeed, without God, there would…

  • Temple Worship: The Source of Strength and Power in Times of Need

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    Sometimes people will go to great effort to attend a temple far away, but often when a temple is built close to them they fail to attend regularly. I have seen that many times individuals have made great sacrifices to go to a distant temple. But when a temple is built close by, within a…

  • Learning the Lessons of the Past

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    When you are willing to listen and learn, some of life’s most meaningful teachings come from those who have gone before you. They have walked where you are walking and have experienced many of the things you are experiencing. If you listen and respond to their counsel, they can help guide you toward choices that…

  • Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

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    Faith is a spiritual gift from God that comes through the Holy Ghost. It requires a correct understanding and knowledge of Jesus Christ, His divine attributes and perfect character, His teachings, Atonement, Resurrection, and priesthood power. Obedience to these principles develops complete trust in Him and His ordained servants and assurance of His promised blessings.…

  • Faith in Adversity

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    Brother Abraham Quero lost his parents, two sisters, his brother-in-law, and his niece in that accident. Brother Quero showed an admirable attitude when he said the following: “This was the time to show loyalty to God and to acknowledge that we depend on Him, that His will must be obeyed, and that we are subject…

  • The Way

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    Jesus Christ is the Way. He is Light and Life, Bread and Water, the Beginning and the End, the Resurrection and the Life, the Savior of the world, the Truth, and the Way. He offers a well of living water. Either we drink and never thirst more, or we don’t and foolishly remain thirsty still.…

  • Pray Always

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    Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all our doings “As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part” (Bible Dictionary, “Prayer,” 752). As we…

  • The Ministry of Angels

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    Occasionally the angelic purpose is to warn. But most often it is to comfort, to provide some form of merciful attention, guidance in difficult times. Even the Son of God, a God Himself, had need for heavenly comfort during His sojourn in mortality. The latter days are not a time to fear and tremble. They…