“Listening to Prophets,” Friend, April 2025, 20–21.

Listening to Prophets

By Elder Robert M. Daines

Of the Seventy

From an interview with Karly Lay and Bradley Salmond III.

I love listening to the prophets. When I was a young boy, general conference was also on Fridays. I took a portable radio to school and listened to the talks during class break. But there were still a lot of things that I didn’t understand.

One night, I lay in bed thinking. I worried about all the things I didn’t understand about God. But I knew that I could learn more about God by praying to Him and by reading the scriptures. So I said a prayer and started reading from the scriptures. I read Doctrine and Covenants 88:49. It says, “The day shall come when you shall comprehend even God.”

As I read that, I felt peace and comfort from the Holy Ghost. I started to realize that someday I would be able to understand the things that made me feel worried. And that it was OK if I didn’t understand everything right now. I also learned that I could get to know God better by reading the scriptures and listening to prophets. I have a testimony that you can too!

I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you. When you reach out to Heavenly Father and study the words of the prophets, you will feel peace, and you can learn. This is how I felt the Holy Ghost.

Conference Doodles

When you hear something at conference that helps you feel joy, write it down or draw a picture of it!