- Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice

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General Conference
Saturday April 4 & Sunday April 5

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If you're not listening to God's prophets you can never
claim to be fully prepared for this life or the life to come.

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(The comments below were written by the person that goes by the name SethAdamSmith on YouTube and who posted this video.)

Every April and October, members and non-members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have the chance to hear Prophets of God speak revelation from God and to testify of Jesus Christ.

Jesus, who is called Christ, is the firstborn of the Father in the spirit and the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is Jehovah, and was foreordained to his great calling in the Grand Councils before the world was.

He was born of Mary at Bethlehem, lived a sinless life, and wrought out a perfect atonement for all mankind by the shedding of his blood and his death on the cross. He rose from the grave and brought to pass the bodily resurrection of every living thing and the salvation and exaltation of the faithful.

He is the greatest Being to be born on this earth--the perfect example--and all religious things should be done in his name. He is Lord of lords, King of kings, the Creator, the Savior, the God of the whole earth, the Captain of our salvation, the Bright and Morning Star. He is in all things, above all things, through all things, and round about all things; he is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last; his name is above every name, and is the only name under heaven by which we can be saved.

He will come again in power and glory to dwell on the earth, and will stand as Judge of all mankind at the last day.

Of Him, the Prophet Joseph Smith said "And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!" (D&C 76:22)

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The Naming of a New Apostle

The passing of dear Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin in December 2008 created an opening in the Quorum of the Twelve. During this conference it will be announced who will fill that vacancy.

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Primary Children's 2009 Conference Activity Packet

Help your children get more out of General Conference by increasing their interest in listening through the focused activities in this freely available 14 sheet packet.

Appreciation for this useful teaching aid goes out to the Twin Knolls Ward Primary Presidency.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13298891/2009-April-Conference-Packet

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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

To all of you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you have done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you who worry that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of life and have wrecked your handcart in the process, this conference calls out Jehovah’s unrelenting refrain, “[My] hand is stretched out still.” “I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them,” He said, “[and even if they] deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, … if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.” His mercy endureth forever, and His hand is stretched out still. His is the pure love of Christ, the charity that never faileth, that compassion which endures even when all other strength disappears.

I testify of this reaching, rescuing, merciful Jesus, that this is His redeeming Church based on His redeeming love, and that, as those in the Book of Mormon declared, “there came prophets among the people, who were sent from the Lord [to speak it]. … [Yea,] there came prophets in the land again.”

("Prophets in the Land Again," Ensign, November 2006)

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