| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL December 20 Our Potential |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 2 Nephi 10:23
"Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves---to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY David O. McKay
"Freedom of the will and the responsibility associated with it are fundamental aspects of Jesus' teachings. Throughout his ministry he emphasized the worth of the individual, and exemplified what is now expressed in modern revelation as the work and glory of God---'To bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.' [Moses 1:39.]" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 207). |
DAILY READING SCHEDULE
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Ether 13:12 - 14:2
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY December 20
1838 - Emma Smith visits her husband, the Prophet Joseph Smith, in Liberty Jail in Missouri. She spends two days with him confined in the jail.
1839 - The first missionaries, Alexander Wright and Samuel Mulliner, arrive in Scotland and begin to preach the gospel.
1840 - The Prophet Joseph Smith was called upon by the Nauvoo High Council to decide the case against Robert D. Foster. The Prophet Joseph's decision acquitted him. (History of the Church, 4:250) In 1844, Dr. Foster would become one of the apostates involved with the Nauvoo Expositor.
1842 - Elder Lorenzo D. Barnes dies at Bradford, England. He is the first missionary to die while serving a foreign mission. Also, the brethren who had been in Springfield, Illinois, to meet with the governor and state supreme court, arrived back in Nauvoo and reported to the Prophet Joseph and delivered the letters requesting the Prophet appear before the supreme court to receive his habeas corpus.
1845 - It was planned to use this Saturday to cleaning the Temple and washing clothing and suspend operations in the Temple for the day. However, "on account of the anxiety of the saints to receive their ordinances, the brethren and sisters volunteered to wash clothes every night. Ninety-five persons received their ordinances" (History of the Church, 7:548).
1921 - After a year-long tour of Church missions throughout the world, Elder David O. McKay arrives back in the United States at New York City.
1972 - The Church Music Department is organized. |
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