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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Friday, July 4, 2008
45. Faith, the First Principle of the Gospel
A talk given by seven-year-old Michael Cleverly on Sunday morning, February 1, 1981, in the Primary of the Bountiful Twentieth Ward, Bountiful Utah South Stake. The talk was printed in the March 1981 issue of the Family Journal. Michael at the time was a second grader at Bountiful Elementary.
“We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are: first, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Articles of Faith 1:4).
Today I’m going to talk about the first principle, faith. Faith means believing in Jesus Christ and believing and doing the things Jesus has told us.
I’m going to tell about David and Goliath. When David arrived at his brothers’ camp, one of his brothers showed him Goliath. David said he would fight the giant. The next morning David got five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. When Goliath was almost to David, David ran toward him and let go of his sling. One of the stones hit Goliath between the eyes.
David beat Goliath because he had faith in God. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
“We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are: first, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Articles of Faith 1:4).
Today I’m going to talk about the first principle, faith. Faith means believing in Jesus Christ and believing and doing the things Jesus has told us.
I’m going to tell about David and Goliath. When David arrived at his brothers’ camp, one of his brothers showed him Goliath. David said he would fight the giant. The next morning David got five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. When Goliath was almost to David, David ran toward him and let go of his sling. One of the stones hit Goliath between the eyes.
David beat Goliath because he had faith in God. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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