David Journal

Tag: Sunday Morning

  • The Past Way of Facing the Future

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    Roosevelt – I don’t want to go back to the past, I want to go back to the past way of {working for} the future. Temples were among the first things that the pioneers began when they settled new places. Two important lessons Principles and truths of the past will help us face the future…

  • Our Perfect Example

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    Starting right off with Moroni 7:48 – couldn’t do better. Each member of the church should have the determination to be perfect and the hope that Christ paved the way to make it possible. “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy children.” Moroni 7:48…

  • The Way of the Disciple

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    He reiterated the fact that the restored gospel of Christ is not the work or guesswork of man. President Uchtdorf knowsThe gospel is the good news of Christ. It is the revelation that the Son of God came to earth, lived a perfect life, atoned for our sins, and conquered death. inevitably, the flame of…

  • None Were with Him

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    Never has so little money purchased so much infamy. my Easter-season message today is intended for everyone, but it is directed in a special way to those who are alone or feel alone or, worse yet, feel abandoned. “I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me. . .…

  • Get On with Our Lives

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    Too often we are reluctant to enter the next stage, begin the next challenge. Maybe we are too comfortable, fearful, or lacking in faith. How can we then best prepare for the changes: follow the prophets keep an eternal perspective have faith be of good cheer [Robert Gardner Jr.] completed this mission, returned to his…

  • His Arm Is Sufficient

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    Strengthening families is the duty of all of us, no matter our family circumstances. Whatever happens in life, Jesus Christ has the power to save. She takes this talk using the the template from Sister Beck’s talk from last September’s Relief Society Conference.

  • Be of Good Cheer

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    Let us turn out thoughts away from what is wrong around us and onto our blessings. the moral footings of society continue to slip, while those who attempt to safeguard those footings are often ridiculed and, at times, picketed and persecuted. The church (temples specifically) has been picketed in the preceding 6 months over the…

  • Come unto Him

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    Unsurprisingly – he is humbled. I have often wondered if an apostle had some unusual experience in preparation for their calling. The spirit whispers that they do not experience anything that is unusual for them – they walk a path of improvement and spiritual closeness with the Savior such that no experience greater than they…

  • Our Hearts Knit as One

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    Principles of UnityBeing of one heart and one mind.It started as a discussion about what was true and became an argument about who was right.The gift of unity from our Heavenly Father cannot be given to us as individuals. We must achieve unity as groups (e.g. families, communities)Speak well of each other.The Atonement brings the…

  • The Truth of God Shall Go Forth

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    No enemy shall ever have power to stop the work of the Lord.I wonder if there has ever been a year in which the membership of the church was lower than the year before. (My best bet would be in a year early in the history of the church when there was a large apostasy…