David Journal

Tag: Sunday Morning

  • The Strength to Endure

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    We won’t be able to get our testimonies into shape by watching General Conference. We have to study the doctrines and live them. Wheat do I need to learn about spiritual endurance besides that which I will learn by doing it?

  • Be Ye Converted

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    Sometimes we wish to gain a testimony of a gospel principle before we will live it. No one can be converted for you (in your place) and no one can force you to be converted.

  • No Other Gods

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    This is an awesome list of alternate gods that even religious people are often serving in the modern world. The commandments are based on and inseparable from the plan of salvation. If we don’t establish our priorities based on the plan of salvation then we are in danger of serving other gods. I had no…

  • To My Grandchildren

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    What choices have I made that have led me to a greater love of God? That is the metric for which choices lead to happiness. The pressures at every stage of life can tempt us to reject or neglect calls to serve the Savior. While serving others we are more likely to plead for the…

  • Obedience Brings Blessings

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    A knowledge of truth and the answers to life’s unfailing questions come through obedience. President Monson played with fire as a child – he was definitely a boy.

  • Obedience to Law Is Liberty

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    None of us should ever underestimate how driven Satan is to succeed.

  • Marriage: Watch and Learn

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    How old was Anna? 4 years old. Faith if the foundation of every virtue that strengthens marriage. Repentance and humility strengthen marriages. Husbands and wives in great marriages make decisions unanimously with each being a full participant. This is awesome. Laura and I should study and discuss this one together. Marriage is a gift from…

  • The Words We Speak

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    Set aside a specific time each day where you disconnect from technology and focus on your children. I would start with 30 minutes. Her talk was truncated. I think our connection had gotten behind and jumped to live late in her talk.

  • It’s a Miracle

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    Elder Andersen was scheduled to make mission assignments the Thursday after last October conference and was amazed to see many 18-year-old young men and 19-year-old young women who had already done what was necessary to submit their papers in less than a week since the announcement was made. “We needed to choose whether to follow…

  • The Hope of God’s Light

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    This is an interesting story. There is no place so dark that the light of the gospel can’t penetrate there and make things better. Likewise there is no place so bright that it cannot become brighter with an infusion of gospel light. Rise up and become the person you are designed to be.