David Journal

Tag: Saturday Morning

  • Our Path of Duty

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    For those who eschew evil and live good lives, who strive for a brighter day and keep the commandments of God, things can get better and better even in the face of tragedy. The duty of which I speak is what we are expected to do and to be. It is a moral imperative summoning…

  • “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit”

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    Personal revelation helps us navigate our lives. Personal revelation is a renewable resource. I have felt that there has never been a greater need for increased faith and personal righteousness. There has never been a greater need for strong families and homes. There has never been more that could be done to help others who…

  • Mrs. Patton – the Story Continues

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    We experience joy and sorrow, fulfillment and disappointment, success and failure. We taste the sweet, yet sample the bitter. This is mortality. My brothers and sisters, I do not believe it was a coincidence that I was impressed to give that particular message at the April 1969 general conference. Nor do I believe it was…

  • Helping Others Recognize the Whisperings of the Spirit

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    Listening to the Holy Ghost The challenge for each of us is to provide an environment where we can feel the spirit daily in our homes and weekly in our church services. Parents in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized are told to help their children understand the doctrine. Teaching the…

  • More Diligent and Concerned at Home

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    We need to consistently express our love for each other. We need to share our testimonies in our words and our actions consistently and especially within our own homes. Spouses and parents must work to overcome any hesitation to bear testimony. When we stand close to the canvas it is difficult or impossible to see…

  • Teaching Helps Save Lives

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    Elements of effective teaching from Elder Bednar Key Doctrine Invitation to Action Promised Blessing (Get the president Monson Quote)The goal of gospel teaching is not to pour knowledge into the minds . . . {it is to help students thing about, learn about and do something about applying gospel principles} President Monson has taught: “The…

  • That Your Burdens May Be Light

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    How long could he continue to carry such great burdens? Work is a blessing in our lives and can serve to prepare us spiritually to listen to the spirit. We can be softened by affliction (like a beefsteak 😉 ) How we treat the poor among us is a measure of how we think of…

  • The Love of God

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    How do we become disciples of Christ – “If ye love me, keep my commandments” If we add personal good ideas to divine truth we dilute the divine truth. Because love is the first and great commandment it should be at the center of all we do in our callings, our families and our livelihoods.…

  • To Acquire Spiritual Guidance

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    Spiritual Growth He put’s pornography in perspective in the middle here. Participation in any of its forms is the ultimate in selfishness. Today, world conditions change so rapidly that such a course of action is often not available to us. Personally, I rejoice in that reality because it creates a condition where we, of necessity,…

  • Adversity

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    I pray that my words may be helpful and give you encouragement. My purpose today is to assure you that our Heavenly Father and the Savior live and that They love all humanity. The very opportunity for us to face adversity and affliction is part of the evidence of Their infinite love. God gave us…