662. Integrity and Truth, from Latter Day Light, Daily Devotional today! Great thoughts!


This is a beautiful quote by President Howard W. Hunter.  When we went on our mission to Sweden in May of 1994, returning in September, 1995, the first thing we heard when we got off the airplane in Sweden was that President Ezra Taft Benson had passed away, and President Howard W. Hunter was the new prophet.  Then he passed away the next June, and President Gordon B. Hinckley was the new prophet.  So we didn't get to see Pres. Hunter much.  The events that  transpired on this day in history are interesting -- including the dedication of the Swedish Temple, which we attended while we were in Sweden.

  This is Wayne and I when we attended the Temple near Stockholm, Sweden.

Latter Day Light

DAILY DEVOTIONAL
July 2, 2016
Integrity and Truth
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Doctrine and Covenants 124:15

"And again, verily I say unto you, blessed is my servant Hyrum Smith; for I, the Lord, love him because of the integrity of his heart, and because he loveth that which is right before me, saith the Lord."

Howard W. Hunter

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Howard W. Hunter

"The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's belief---that is what matters. That devotion to true principle---in our individual lives, in our homes and families, and in all places that we meet and influence other people---that devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us. . . . If we will be true and faithful to the Lord's principles, then we will always be temple worthy, and the Lord and His holy temples will be the great symbols of our discipleship with Him" ("The Great Symbol of Our Membership," Ensign, October 1994).


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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY

July 2

1833 - On or about this date, the Prophet Joseph Smith completed his translation of the Bible, however, he continued to make modifications until his death in 1844.

1834 - The Prophet Joseph Smith promises the men of Zion's Camp that if they will humble themselves and covenant to keep the commandments and obey the counsel of the Lord, the cholera will end immediately. The men make the covenant and the plague ends as promised.

1839 - The Prophet Joseph Smith, while counseling with and blessing the Twelve Apostles and a certain number of the Seventies before their missions to Great Britain, identifies the Angel Gabriel as the prophet Noah.

1849 - The general assembly of the provisional State of Deseret meets for the first time in Salt Lake City. The provisional State of Deseret functions until Utah is made a territory in September 1850.

1964 - Latter-day Saint missionaries enter Macao, an enclave administered by Portugal near the mouth of China's Canton River, for the first time.

1972 - President Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. dies at age ninety-five in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1985 - The Stockholm Sweden Temple is dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley of the First Presidency.

The beautiful Temple in Sweden, dedicated this day in 1985.

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