Prophets!

Why Do We Need Prophets?

Haha the big question!

"Because Heavenly Father loves His children, He has not left them to walk through this mortal life without direction and guidance. The teachings of our Heavenly Father are not the ordinary, predictable, run-of-the-mill kind you can pick up in paperback at the local bookstore. They are the wisdom of an all-powerful, all-knowing celestial Being who loves His children. Encompassed in His words is the secret of the ages—the key to happiness in this life and in the world to come." -President Uchtdorf



Now who wants happiness in this life? I am sure that if I asked for a raise of hands all hands would go up.
The key to happiness can be found as we listen to the prophet's voice and we can ask God if the words that he speaks are the word's of God. We are living in this life and we need help from our loving Heavenly Father and He has given us the the map to life. This map is taught to us through the prophets that God has called to help us!

 "Today is not different from ages past. The Lord does not love the people of our day any less than in past times. One of the glorious messages of the Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ is that God continues to speak to His children! He is not hidden in the heavens but speaks today as He did in ancient days."                -President Uchtdorf

We are wonderfully blessed to have the words of the prophets in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon. These are precious words that have been given to us so that we can understand the mysteries of God but God is full of love and will not leave us on the earth with these words only.

Times are different today then there were in the times of old. We have different types of difficulties in our society. We struggle through different things, we have questions about different things, For example:  The children of Isreal did not have that gadgets that we have today such as Internet and cars and movies, and so they also didn't have the same problems that are associated with technology. We need God's guidance just as much now as the children of Isreal did in the Bible. God guides us today by a prophet. And his name is Thomas S Monson.

He is the prophet for the whole earth and gives guidance to us so that we can learn how to be truly happy in this life and in the world to come!