April 2014 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 2014 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.

Answers for You

Each conference, prophets and apostles give inspired answers to questions Church members may have. Use your May 2014 issue or visit conference.lds.org to find answers to these questions:

• How does the Resurrection resolve the questions about the true identify of Jesus Christ of Nazareth? Find out at lds.org/go/dtc814 or see D. Todd Christofferson, “The Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” 111.

• What is the relationship between obedience and agency? Find out at lds.org/go/hales814 or see Robert D. Hales, “If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments,” 35.

• What blessings do we receive as we make and keep sacred covenants? Find out at lds.org/go/wixom814 or see Rosemary M. Wixom, “Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us,” 116.

Fill in the Blank

1. “Coupled with prayer, _________ carries the power to protect families.” See lds.org/go/reeves814 or Linda S. Reeves, “Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home,” 17.

2. “Knowledge … comes only through personal _________ and _________.” See lds.org/go/packer814 or President Boyd K. Packer, “The Witness,” 94.

3. “The gospel ‘is not weight; it is _________.’ It carries us.” See lds.org/go/stevens814 or Jean A. Stevens, “Fear Not; I Am With Thee,” 83.

4. “Obedience … is a choice between _________ and God’s unlimited wisdom and omnipotence.” Find out at lds.org/go/perry814 or see Elder L. Tom Perry, “Obedience through Our Faithfulness,” 103.

Answers: 1. the Book of Mormon; 2. prayer, pondering; 3. wings; 4. our own limited knowledge and power

Go and Do

President Thomas S. Monson

President Thomas S. Monson asked us to “take the time to read the conference messages when they … are printed in coming issues of the Ensign and Liahona magazines, for they are deserving of our careful review and study.”

From “Until We Meet Again,” Liahona, May 2014, 115.

• Hope

• Put God’s Laws First

• Love

• The Priesthood