| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL December 4 Joy in Service |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Ephesians 6:6-8
"Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY David O.McKay
"I have seen young girls who have spent the entire day serving people on Old Folks' Day, seeking the comfort and happiness of somebody else. I remember on one occasion when one of those young ladies came home in the evening she suddenly realized she was weary, threw herself on the cot, and said, 'My, I am tired, but do you know this has been one of the happiest days of my life.' She had found joy in work that gave joy to others" (Gospel Ideals, p. 497). |
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Ether 1:38 - 2:10
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY December 4
1831 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives Doctrine and Covenants 72, which appoints Newel K. Whitney to be a bishop of the Church in Kirtland, Ohio, and sets forth various responsibilities of bishops in the Church. (History of the Church, 1:239-241)
1835 - The Prophet Joseph was visited by a John Hollister, of Portage County, Ohio, who came to discuss religion. The Prophet spent all evening with him and he stayed with the Prophet that night. The next morning he admitted that while he thought he knew a lot about religion, he now realized that he knew very little. The Prophet wrote that it was "the greatest trait of wisdom I could discover in him." (History of the Church, 2:325)
1842 - The city of Nauvoo is divided into ten wards and a bishop is assigned to each ward. They are given the responsibility of providing for the temporal needs of the poor in their respective wards.
1961 - The first thirty missionaries, going to Argentina and Mexico, enter the Missionary Language Institute (MLI) to learn Spanish. The Alumni House on the campus of Brigham Young University becomes the forerunner of the Language Training Mission (LTM) and the Missionary Training Center (MTC), in Provo, Utah.
2005 - A new five-story meetinghouse is dedicated in Harlem, New York, the first meetinghouse of the Church in Harlem. |
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