April Conference Notebook

“What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken; … whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same” (D&C 1:38).

As you review the April 2012 general conference, you can use these pages (and Conference Notebooks in future issues) to help you study and apply the recent teachings of the living prophets and apostles and other Church leaders.

To read, watch, or listen to general conference addresses, visit conference.lds.org.

Prophetic Promise

“The Holy Ghost has confirmed truth in this conference and will again as you seek it, as you listen, and as you later study the messages of the Lord’s authorized servants.”

President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, “Mountains to Climb,” Ensign, May 2012, 26.

Two-Word Sermon

Do you:

1. Harbor a grudge?

2. Gossip?

3. Exclude others?

4. Envy another?

5. Wish to cause harm?

STOP IT!

Instead:

1. Be kind.

2. Forgive.

3. Talk peacefully.

4. Let the love of God fill your heart.

5. Do good to others.

Adapted from Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Merciful Obtain Mercy,” Ensign, May 2012, 75, 76.

Fill in the Blank

1. “We can be delivered from the ways of evil and wickedness by turning to the teachings of the ” (L. Tom Perry, “The Power of Deliverance,” Ensign, May 2012, 97).

   

2. “We are not diminished when someone else is upon” (Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Laborers in the Vineyard,” Ensign, May 2012, 31).

   

3. “The truths and doctrine we have received have come and will continue to come by divine ” (D. Todd Christofferson, “The Doctrine of Christ,” Ensign, May 2012, 86).

   

4. “This life is training for eternal exaltation, and that process means ”(Ronald A. Rasband, “Special Lessons,” Ensign, May 2012, 80).

   

• Answers: 1. holy scriptures; 2. added; 3. revelation; 4. tests and trials.

Left: photograph courtesy of Church History Library; lower right: illustration by Maryn Roos

• Building Lasting Foundations

  Henry B. Eyring