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
loyalty gratitude self
Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.
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.
overcoming lord endure
In the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things.
opportunity simple important
Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.
self people bless
Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.
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.
children teaching unique
Just as the unique characteristics of both males and females contribute to the completeness of a marriage relationship, so those same characteristics are vital to the rearing, nurturing, and teaching of children.
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.
family spiritual children
A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.
spiritual water long
It frankly does not make sense to occasionally 'fill up' with water, with long periods of dehydration in between. The same thing is true spiritually. Spiritual thirst is a need for living water. A constant flow of living water is far superior to sporadic sipping.
mercy lord sweetness
The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live.
morning real enabling
Thus, the enabling and strengthening aspect of the Atonement helps us to see and to do and to become good in ways that we could never recognize or accomplish with our limited moral capacity. I testify and witness that the enabling power of the Savior's Atonement is real. Without that strengthening power of the Atonement, I could not stand before you this morning.