| | Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL November 15, 2017 Gratitude to God |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Mosiah 2:20-21
"I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another. I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another--I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Brigham Young
"The Lord is more merciful than we are; but there may be a termination to His gifts, if we do not receive them with gratitude and take good care of them when we have them in our possession" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, p. 179). |
DAILY READING SCHEDULE
Read the Book of Mormon and Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price in a year by following our Daily Reading Schedule.
3 Nephi 27:32 - 28:15
Pearl of Great Price: Moses 5:57 - 6:10
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY November 15
1831 - Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer leave Kirtland, Ohio, for Independence, Missouri, to publish the Book of Commandments. Only a few copies of this book, containing the Prophet Joseph Smith's revelations, were completed due to the mob action that destroyed the printing establishment of the Church in Independence.
1841 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issue an epistle to the Saints scattered in Britain and Europe. The epistle talks about completing the Temple in Nauvoo that "His servants may be instructed, and endowed with power from on high" and "In this house all the ordinances will be made manifest, and many things will be shown forth, which have been hid from generation to generation." The epistle then encourages the Saints to gather to Nauvoo to help with the Temple and become part of Zion.
1842 - The Prophet Joseph Smith resigns as editor of the Times and Seasons and appoints Elder John Taylor to replace him. (History of the Church, 5:193)
1843 - At a prayer meeting at the "old house" (known today as the Homestead) in Nauvoo, the Prophet Joseph spoke of his intentions to prepare a petition to the U.S. Congress and a proclamation to the Kings of the earth. (History of the Church, 6:79)
1845 - The poem, "My Father in Heaven" by Eliza R. Snow is published in the Times and Seasons. The text of the poem would later be put to music as the hymn "O My Father." Also, a mob set fire to a stack of straw near Solomon Hancock's barn. Several brethren ran out to put the fire out. The mob then fired upon the brethren killing Edmund Durfee. None of the other brethren were hurt.
1886 - The LDS Business College was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1950 - The First Presidency issues a policy stating that only members of record in a unit should be called to serve as officers of that unit.
1993 - After ninety-six years, the statue of Brigham Young in the center of the intersection of South Temple and Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah, is moved to a location eighty-two feet north of the intersection. Later, in 1999, the Church would construct the Main Street Plaza that would include the statue with additional gardens between Temple Square and the Church administrative block in downtown Salt Lake City.
2012 - Karl Fields, a professor at the University of Puget Sound and member of the Church, was named the 2012 Washington State Professor of the Year.
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