David A. Bednar
David A. Bednar
David Allan Bednaris a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An educator by profession, Bednar was also president of Brigham Young University–Idaho from 1997 to 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth15 June 1952
CountryUnited States of America
David A. Bednar quotes about
heartfelt ghost companionship
Heartfelt and willing obedience invites the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost.
communication media data
Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, Twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and the Internet that you fail to recognize the importance of your physical body and miss the richness of person-to-person communication. Beware of the digital displays and data in many forms of computer-mediated interaction that can displace the full range of physical capacity and experience.
desire spirit sincere
Sincere desire and worthiness invite the spirit of revelation into our lives.
personal-knowledge facts ghost
Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.
jesus simple boston
The basic principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ are simple, and they are universal. Faith in the Savior is the same in Boston as it is in Accra.
unique men perspective
By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences.
proclaiming proclaiming-the-gospel activity
Proclaiming the gospel is not an activity in which we periodically and temporarily engage.
dark light rooms
A light turned on in a dark room is like receiving a message from God quickly, completely, and all at once.
jesus reality missionary
An Apostle is a missionary, bearing testimony of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ in all the world.
father frustrated would-be
If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated.
prayer father answers
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.
jesus agency church
Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects everything in terms of how we live the gospel in our daily lives. It affects how we pray, how we study the scriptures, how we worship at church.
inspirational spiritual law
Spiritual illumination and perspective are poured out through the windows of heaven and into our lives as we honor the law of tithing.
inspirational spiritual nice
Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things that truly matter most.