A talk given by six-year-old Rebecca Cleverly on Sunday morning, May 3, 1981, in the Primary of the Bountiful Twentieth Ward, Bountiful Utah South Stake. The talk was printed in the June 1981 issue of the Family Journal.
Today I’m going to talk about courage. Courage is doing what you are supposed to do and not letting other people try to make you do wrong things.
I am going to tell you some stories about courage.
David had courage to fight Goliath. Goliath thought he could kill David. And David killed Goliath with his slingshot.
Joseph Smith also had courage. When he was nine years old, he had to have an operation on his leg. And Joseph Smith said he would let the doctor operate if he would let his father stand by him.
The pioneers also had courage to go across the country, and they had to leave their homes and come and build new ones.
Today the missionaries have courage to go around the world to teach the gospel.
I pray that we can have courage. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Volume 3 of the Family History Book, a book of remembrance of the Dean B and Claudia Cleverly family
Introduction
The Apostle Paul taught that "it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe" (1 Corinthians 1:21).
And in our day the Savior declared, "And let your preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor, in mildness and in meekness" (D&C 38:41), and "it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor" (D&C 88:81).
I have delivered a number of gospel sermons through the years as either a member or a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ as Latter-day Saints. I have also spoken at the funerals of many family members and, during the years I served as bishop, at the funerals of many ward members.
Most of the time I have not spoken from prepared texts, so I have not kept a record of such sermons, unless I reconstructed them after the fact or unless they happened to be recorded on audiotape at the time I spoke. This is a collection of sermons that I do have some written record of.
In addition to the spoken sermons, I also had opportunity in some of these ecclesaistical callings (as an elders quorum president and branch presidency counselor in the 1970s, bishopric counselor in the 1980s, and bishop in the late 1990s and early 2000s) to write inspirational messages to those I was responsible for. These pastoral messages (or mini-sermons, as it were) appear as the first 33 offerings in this collection.
Also included in this collection are some talks given by my wife and children.
And in our day the Savior declared, "And let your preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor, in mildness and in meekness" (D&C 38:41), and "it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor" (D&C 88:81).
I have delivered a number of gospel sermons through the years as either a member or a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ as Latter-day Saints. I have also spoken at the funerals of many family members and, during the years I served as bishop, at the funerals of many ward members.
Most of the time I have not spoken from prepared texts, so I have not kept a record of such sermons, unless I reconstructed them after the fact or unless they happened to be recorded on audiotape at the time I spoke. This is a collection of sermons that I do have some written record of.
In addition to the spoken sermons, I also had opportunity in some of these ecclesaistical callings (as an elders quorum president and branch presidency counselor in the 1970s, bishopric counselor in the 1980s, and bishop in the late 1990s and early 2000s) to write inspirational messages to those I was responsible for. These pastoral messages (or mini-sermons, as it were) appear as the first 33 offerings in this collection.
Also included in this collection are some talks given by my wife and children.
Other volumes of our family history
Sermons in this volume
- 1968 (1)
- 1969 (2)
- 1970 (2)
- 1972 (1)
- 1974 (3)
- 1975 (5)
- 1976 (1)
- 1978 (1)
- 1981 (7)
- 1982 (5)
- 1984 (1)
- 1986 (5)
- 1987 (1)
- 1988 (3)
- 1989 (4)
- 1990 (3)
- 1992 (1)
- 1993 (2)
- 1994 (4)
- 1996 (4)
- 1997 (4)
- 1998 (5)
- 1999 (4)
- 2000 (4)
- 2001 (2)
- A funeral talk (5)
- A pastoral message (33)
- A primary talk (18)
- A radio talk (1)
- All things bear witness of God (2)
- America (2)
- An account of a talk (8)
- Angels and ministers of grace (3)
- Atonement (3)
- Baptism (3)
- Book of Mormon (5)
- By Anna (2)
- By Bishop Richard R. Clegg (1)
- By Bruce R. McConkie (1)
- By Camilla (3)
- By Claudia (2)
- By Dallin H. Oaks (1)
- By Eliza (2)
- By Mary (1)
- By Michael (4)
- By Rachael (3)
- By Rebecca (4)
- By Talmage (1)
- Change in leadership (5)
- Charity (2)
- Choices (1)
- Christmas (3)
- Constitution (1)
- Courage (1)
- Crucifixion (1)
- Daniel (1)
- David and Goliath (2)
- Death (11)
- Deliverance (3)
- Easter (1)
- Faith (12)
- Family (2)
- Fast offering (2)
- Fasting (2)
- Fellowship (2)
- First Vision (2)
- Forgiveness (1)
- General conference (2)
- Gratitude (6)
- Growth of Church (1)
- Happiness (1)
- Harvest (1)
- Helping others (8)
- Heritage (4)
- Holiness (2)
- Holy Ghost (3)
- Home (3)
- Honesty (1)
- Hymns (2)
- Jesus Christ (25)
- Joseph Smith (4)
- Life like school (5)
- Living the gospel at home (2)
- Looking for the good (1)
- Love of God (4)
- Miracles (2)
- Mission field (3)
- Missionaries (1)
- Missionary farewell (2)
- Missionary homecoming (2)
- Missionary work (5)
- Names (1)
- Obedience (4)
- Parental responsibilities (3)
- Pioneer sesquicentennial (3)
- Pioneers (1)
- Plan of salvation (1)
- Prayer (7)
- Preparation (2)
- Prophet (3)
- Purity (2)
- Purpose of life (7)
- Purpose of sacrament meeting (1)
- Redemption (2)
- Relief Society (1)
- Remembrance (10)
- Repentance (4)
- Restoration of priesthood (1)
- Resurrection (3)
- Revolutionary war (1)
- Sabbath (1)
- Sacrament (1)
- Samuel the Lamanite (1)
- Scripture study (7)
- Seasons (5)
- Seek the Spirit (1)
- Service (10)
- Springtime (1)
- Temple (3)
- Testimony (12)
- Thanksgiving (3)
- Tithing (1)
- Trials (5)
- Trust (1)
- Welfare (2)
Blog Archive
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2008
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July
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- 55. Those That Die in Me
- 54. Baptism
- 53. Honesty
- 52. Tithing
- 51. The Song of the Righteous
- 50. The Scriptures
- 49. The Holy Ghost
- 48. Courage
- 47. The Song of the Righteous
- 46. Faith
- 45. Faith, the First Principle of the Gospel
- 44. More Joy in His Service
- 43. Our Message for America
- 42. An Undelivered Talk
- 41. This Life Is the Time to Prepare
- 40. A Solemn Assembly
- 39. All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience
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July
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About Me
- Deano
- I love the Lord Jesus Christ. I am grateful for my heritage as an American and a Latter-day Saint. I have lived with my wife, my best and dearest friend, for over 40 years. We have shared the adventure of 8 children and 28 grandchildren. In addition to time with my family, I love reading, writing, and taking a good road trip.
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