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.
D&C 58 teaches what it means to be anxiously engaged in a good cause, keep the laws of the land, and use your agency like a wise servant.
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Peter defends his ministry to the Gentiles by telling the story in order. The disciples are first called Christians in Antioch.
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Peter's vision of the sheet and Cornelius the centurion show the gospel opening to all people. The Holy Ghost falls on the Gentiles.
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Jacob 3 warns against unchastity and spiritual pride, reveals the Lamanites surprising family devotion, and calls parents to examine their example.
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The plagues of frogs, lice, and flies show God's power over Egypt and the danger of temporary repentance as Pharaoh's heart hardens again and again.
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D&C 57 designates Independence, Missouri as the center place of Zion and identifies the temple lot. A chapter of specific directions and appointments.
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Exodus 7 begins the plagues as Aaron's rod becomes a serpent and the Nile turns to blood, with JST clarification on Pharaoh's heart.
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Jacob 2 is a hard chapter. Jacob confronts his people about pride, wealth, and the misuse of scripture to justify plural marriage.
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Acts 8 shows how persecution scattered the church, Philip ministered in Samaria and to an Ethiopian eunuch, and Simon sought power.
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Acts 9 shows Saul's dramatic conversion, the quiet courage of Ananias, and Peter raising Tabitha from the dead.
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