Every scripture reflection and discipleship note David has published on LDS Daily Path. Showing older entries, page 43.
Mark 5 shows Jesus casting out a legion of devils, healing a woman with an issue of blood, and raising a dead girl. Three restorations that prove no one is beyond his reach.
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Mark 6 moves from rejection in Nazareth to the feeding of the five thousand and Jesus walking on water, showing that the heart of the receiver shapes the miracle.
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2 Nephi 2 teaches the necessity of the Fall, the role of opposition in all things, and how the Atonement of Christ bridges the gap created by human agency.
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D&C 24 calls Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to magnify their callings, balance temporal and spiritual duties, and endure affliction with patience.
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Genesis 24 traces Abraham's servant as he prays for a sign and finds Rebekah, a woman of service and faith who becomes Isaac's wife and a covenant mother.
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Mark 3 moves from healing a withered hand on the Sabbath to ordaining the Twelve and redefining the family of God.
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Mark 4 uses seeds and storms to teach about the slow growth of faith and the immediate power of the Savior over chaos.
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Mark 1 moves urgently from John the Baptist to the calling of disciples, healings in Capernaum, and the touch of a leper, all driven by the word straightway.
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2 Nephi 1 records Lehi's final words to his sons, emphasizing that the Promised Land is a land of liberty only when the people keep God's commandments.
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D&C 23 gives five personalized revelations to Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith, Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith Sr., and Joseph Knight Sr., showing that callings are custom made.
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