Daily scripture reflections
Short scripture reflections and practical discipleship notes by David Whitaker. The slow, steady work of faith and the kind of life that has to be built on purpose.
LDS Daily Path publishes short scripture reflections and practical discipleship notes. Each entry takes one passage of scripture and works out one clear, honest takeaway a reader can carry into a day of work, family life, and prayer.
I write the way I build a table: slowly, square if I can manage it, and honest about the parts that took more work than I thought they would. No hot takes. No shouting. Just one idea at a time.
— D.
Most of what I care about falls into the durable category. A table that stays square. A habit that holds in a hard season. A sentence that does not come apart when you lean on it.
Elders are assigned companions and fields of labor, with warnings against idleness and instructions for when the gospel is rejected.
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Paul closes his letter to the Romans with a personal chapter of names, greetings, and a warning against smooth words.
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God gives Moses the blueprint for the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table of showbread, and the golden candlestick.
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Paul addresses divisions in the Corinthian church and teaches that the gospel is the power and wisdom of God, choosing the weak to confound the wise.
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Mosiah 8 introduces the twenty-four gold plates, explains the role of interpreters and seers, and teaches what we can learn from ruins.
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D&C 74 clarifies 1 Corinthians 7:14 and teaches that children are sanctified through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
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Moses ratifies the covenant with blood, the elders see God on a sapphire pavement, and Moses ascends Sinai for forty days.
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Paul teaches the Roman saints to stop judging each other over disputable matters and to prioritize love over personal conviction.
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Paul calls the strong to bear the burdens of the weak and reveals his plans to carry the gospel to Spain.
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A reflection on D&C 73, where the Lord instructs Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon to balance preaching with translating the Bible.
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