Richard L. Evans Quotes

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

I believe that God has a plan and purpose not only for the human race, but for my individual life.

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

I don't know; I think I'd be gloomy without some faith that there is a purpose and there is a kind of witness to my life.

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

To me, I was just doing my job when I took the field, but to understand how close I came to death, I now realize what God has given me when he brought me into this world; he knew what he was doing.

Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

Time is not of man; it is of God.

One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.

I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

If you want to know why you were placed on the planet, you must begin with God.

If our lives are truly plans of God, someone had better call a meeting soon to remind us, once more, what great miracles we really are.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

You have to make time and tend to things that are important in your life so you can live the life of blessing God has promised you!

I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.

I believe that it is important to have faith in a cosmic, universal power and identify the reasons for one's existence.

If God is in a life, it doesn't have to be big to be happy and to be important in His kingdom.

Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.

We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.

It's an exciting life. I don't know where God is leading us. I just know that He opens doors and He closes the doors, and it is always the best for us.

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.