David A. Bednar
David A. Bednar
David Allan Bednaris a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An educator by profession, Bednar was also president of Brigham Young University–Idaho from 1997 to 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth15 June 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become.
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True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to action.
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The tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and...the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us.
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In the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things.
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The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think, what we really do, and who we really are becoming.
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The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live.
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Inspired questions will bring about inspired answers. Seek for the companionship of the Holy Ghost as you prepare.
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The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and transformed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
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Missionary work essentially is a priesthood responsibility, and all of us who hold the priesthood are the Lord's authorized servants on the earth and are missionaries at all times and in all places - and we always will be.
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Total immersion in and saturation with the Savior's gospel are essential steps in the process of being born again.
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The Savior knows people by name, He knows their circumstances, and He directs us in our work to bless the lives of individuals.
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We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with faith in Christ along the strait and narrow path and make steady progress toward our eternal destiny.
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We begin the process of being born again through exercising faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and being baptized by immersion for the remission of sins by one having priesthood authority.
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Revelations are conveyed in a variety of ways, including, for example, dreams, visions, conversations with heavenly messengers, and inspiration. Some revelations are received immediately and intensely; some are recognized gradually and subtly.