General Conference!

"A fine member of the Church was talking with a neighbor who was not of our faith. When the topic of discussion turned to general conference, the neighbor asked, “You say you have prophets and apostles? And twice a year in a worldwide conference they reveal the word of God?”

“Absolutely,” the member replied with confidence.

The neighbor thought about that for a moment. He seemed genuinely interested and then asked, “What did they say in the last general conference?”

At this point the good member of the Church went from feeling excited about sharing the gospel to feeling embarrassed. Try as he might, he couldn’t think of the details of a single talk.

His friend found this troubling and said, “You mean to tell me that God speaks to man in our day and you can’t remember what He said?”

The brother felt humbled by this exchange. He vowed that he would do better to remember the words spoken by the Lord’s servants in general conference.

        We all know how hard it is to remember every message of general conference, and I’m confident that we need not be embarrassed if we don’t remember everything. Nevertheless, there are messages in each general conference given as a gift and a blessing from heaven specifically for our personal life situations."

(Dieter F. Uchdorf, General Conference-No Ordinary Blessing https://www.lds.org/liahona/2011/09/general-conference-no-ordinary-blessing?lang=eng) 

      Happy Conference weekend everyone! I love general conference, it's always so exciting to listen to the words our modern day prophets and apostles have to say to us. Their messages are truly inspired of God and they provide us with guidance and strength in our day. The quote from the talk I shared of President Uchdorf's: "You mean to tell me that God speaks to man in our day and you can't remember what He said?" Stuck out to me, I hope we can all take note of what's being said in conference now and strive to improve. God speaks to us in our day! That is such an amazing blessing we have, many people think that the Heavens are closed and all that God has to say has already been said, but there is so much more we can learn and insights to gain through our modern prophets and apostles. We can also receive personal revelation in our own lives when we seek His guidance. So, again Happy Conference weekend! I hope we can all strive to get more out of this general conference and remember what has been said to strengthen ourselves, our families and those around us. 

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