Genesis 39: How to Resist Temptation Like Joseph in Egypt
David Whitaker on Genesis 39: how Joseph resisted temptation in Potiphar's house and why the Lord stayed with him through prison.
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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.
David Whitaker on Genesis 39: how Joseph resisted temptation in Potiphar's house and why the Lord stayed with him through prison.
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David Whitaker on 2 Nephi 17: the Syro-Ephraimite War, the sign of Immanuel, and King Ahaz who refused the sign with religious-sounding excuses.
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David Whitaker on D&C 39: James Covill, the definition of the gospel, the baptism of fire, and the courage to start over after forty years.
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David Whitaker on Luke 17: forgiveness, the ten lepers, mustard seed faith, and the kingdom of God that is already within us.
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David Whitaker on Luke 18: the widow's persistence, the publican's humility, the rich ruler's attachment, and the blind man who saw.
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David Whitaker on D&C 38: the call to gather, the command to be one, the parable of the twelve sons, and why the labor of hands matters.
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David Whitaker on Genesis 38: Judah, Tamar, the Levirate custom, and the knot in the grain that leads to the Savior.
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David Whitaker on Luke 15: the shepherd who searches, the woman who sweeps, and the father who runs toward his son.
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David Whitaker on 2 Nephi 16: Isaiah's temple vision, the live coal that cleansed him, and the four words that changed everything.
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David Whitaker on Luke 16: the unjust steward's foresight, the law that outlasts the universe, and the rich man who learned to step over a human being.
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