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DAILY DEVOTIONAL
October 20, 2017
Prayer
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
3 Nephi 18:20-21

"And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you.  Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed."

 
QUOTE OF THE DAY
George Albert Smith

"The Lord ... has explained to us how we may receive blessings through prayer. There are many people in the world who do not realize the real benefits of prayer. Prayer is a power. It has an influence that comparatively few people seem to understand" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, p. 98).
 
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY
October 20

1833 - Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon preached in the morning and evening to attentive congregations in Brantford, Upper Canada. (History of the Church, 1:421)

1834 - The Prophet Joseph Smith and those traveling with him-Hyrum Smith, David Whitmer, Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery, and Roger Orton- arrive in Pontiac, Michigan, to meet with the Saints and preach the gospel in that area. (History of the Church, 2:168)

1843 - The Prophet Joseph, staying in the home of Benjamin F. Johnson in Macedonia, (now Webster), Illinois, gave instructions to Brother Johnson and his family concerning the blessings of the everlasting covenant of marriage and the sealings of the Priesthood. One of the first records of this doctrine being taught in the Church. (History of the Church, 6:60.)

1862 - Colonel Patrick E. Conner and his "California Volunteers" march into Salt Lake City, Utah, and set up camp on the hillside above the city near present day University of Utah. President Abraham Lincoln had received reports that the Saints were incapable of guarding the overland mail route through the Intermountain West and had sent Conner, an avowed anti-Mormon, with his soldiers, to perform this duty. It is said that Colonel Conner kept a cannon pointed at Brigham Young's home in the city below.

1979 - The first branch of the Church is organized on the Carribean island of Barbados.
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