David Journal

Tag: Sunday Morning

  • Sustaining the Prophets

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    I didn’t know that Doctor Nelson (now Elder Nelson) recommended against the heart surgery he performed on President Kimball. If the restoration did anything it shattered they age old myth that God had stopped talking to men. We don’t vote for leaders at any level of the church. The First Presidency and Quorum of the…

  • Continuing Revelation

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    This sounds like a good explanation of continuing revelation and priesthood authority.

  • Love—the Essence of the Gospel

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    We must remember that those mortals we meet in the parking lot, office, etc. are the portion of mankind that God has given to us to love. It will do no good to talk about the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot live that portion. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness can help then…

  • Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease

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    It was the load that allowed the truck to have traction to get out of the snow. Sometimes we mistakenly think that happiness is having no load. I missed the specific counsel he gave about assessing our loads to see if they were appropriate to our needs. I need to go back and review that.

  • Your Four Minutes

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    Years of preparation are considered successful or unsuccessful based on a few minutes of performance for Olympic athletes. This life is the four minute performance that will determine the success of our eternity of premortal preparation.

  • “Fear Not; I Am with Thee”

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    How much faith do I exhibit by asking for help from the Lord in dealing with our incredible challenges? I show faith by pushing forward but not so much by asking for assistance. We can choose to reach for God’s hand in our hour of need.

  • Following Up

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    No matter how good your message is you may not be able to deliver it without consistent, persistent, follow-up. We should avoid calling the church the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. This is like the connection between Islam and Muslim. Islam is the religion; Muslim is the individual follower. Mormons are members of The…

  • Grateful in Any Circumstances

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    Could I suggest that gratitude is a way of life. We should learn to be grateful in our present circumstances whatever they may be rather than simply being grateful for our blessings. We sometimes think that being grateful is something we do after our problems are solved. Here President Uchtdorf is giving a talk on…

  • “I Will Not Fail Thee, nor Forsake Thee”

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    The difficulties that come to us… Dang! I lost it. Others have passed the same way, have endured, and then have overcome. Sadness and suffering are universal. This should be our purpose to persevere, to endure yes, and also to become better.

  • Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ

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    This telling suggests that Helaman suggested that the sons of Ammon could fight rather than have the father’s break their covenant. I love the observation that the father’s, because they had grown up in wickedness, needed to be more careful about being enticed back to the wickedness of their previous lives than their sons who…