944. More beautiful thoughts about those in the Service, Family Influence, and Building up Others.



Wayne on the left, and Blaine, in the army in 1953-1955.

November 12, 2017
Those in the Service

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Doctrine & Covenants 98:16

"Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children."

Gordon B. Hinckley

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Gordon B. Hinckley

"May the Lord bless our brethren in the service, wherever they may be, for their faithfulness. May the Lord remind us of the debt of gratitude we owe them, and may he awaken within us a resolution to live worthy of their sacrifice" ("In Grateful Remembrance," Ensign, March 1971).

Wayne in his uniform for the Austrian winter.

DAILY DEVOTIONAL
November 10, 2017
Family Influence

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Doctrine & Covenants 93:40

"But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth."

Ezra Taft Benson

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Ezra Taft Benson

"One great thing the Lord requires of each of us is to provide a home where a happy, positive influence for good exists. In future years the costliness of home furnishings or the number of bathrooms will not matter much, but what will matter significantly is whether our children felt love and acceptance in the home. It will greatly matter whether there was happiness and laughter, or bickering and contention.

"I am convinced that before a child can be influenced for good by his or her parents, there must be a demonstration of respect and love" ("Great Things Required of Their Fathers," Ensign, May 1981).

Build Up Others

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

Doctrine & Covenants 81:5 

"Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees."

Lorenzo Snow

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Lorenzo Snow

"Now an individual in order to secure the highest and greatest blessings to himself, in order to secure the approbation of the Almighty, and in order to continually improve in the things pertaining to righteousness he must do all things to the best advantage. Let him go to work and be willing to sacrifice for the benefit of his friends. If he wants to build himself up, the best principle he can do it upon is to build up his friends" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, p. 261-261).

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