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DAILY DEVOTIONAL
February 23
Optimist

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
2 Timothy 1:7-9

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began."
 
Gordon B. Hinckley
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Gordon B. Hinckley

"I stand here today as an optimist concerning the work of the Lord. I cannot believe that God has established his work in the earth to have it fail. I cannot believe that it is getting weaker. I know that it is getting stronger. . . . I have a simple and solemn faith that right will triumph and that truth will prevail" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 75).
 

LIBRARY: His Return: Chapter 8: Gathering the Wheat and Removing the Tares

"Even from the beginning, when Jesus Christ first established His Church upon the earth in the meridian of time, evil-minded and misleading members have mingled with the humble and stalwart followers of Christ. "
General Conference: OCTOBER 2017

Abiding in God and Repairing the Breach
DAILY READING SCHEDULE 

Read the Book of Mormon and Old Testament in a year by following our Daily Reading Schedule.
TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY
February 23

For more events in Church History,

1844 - The Prophet Joseph met with the Twelve Apostles, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, and others and discussed the exploration of the West for settlement of the Saints. He told them he wanted all the mountain country explored and that he wanted "every man that goes to be a king and a priest. When he gets on the mountains he may want to talk with his God" (History of the Church, 6:224). Several of the brethren present volunteered to go.

1845 - A Sunday meeting was held at Bishop Hale's in Nauvoo, Illinois, where "Mother Smith" (Lucy Mack Smith) gave a recital of the persecutions endured by her family in the establishment of the Church and exhorted the parents to bring up their children in the way they should go. (History of the Church, 7:375).
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