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A general conference of this Church is a remarkable occasion indeed \u2013 it is an institutional declaration that the heavens are open, that divine guidance is as real today as it was for the ancient house of Israel, that God our Heavenly Father loves us and speaks His will through a living prophet.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, \u201cThe Peaceable Things of the Kingdom,\u201d\u00a0General Conference (October 1996)<\/span><\/p>\n

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