M. Russell Ballard Quotes

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how far people have wandered from God.

God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

I see in Jesus matchless charms. I see in Him everything to be desired by the children of men.

There is one person that I have learned always sees the beauty in us, and that's our Savior Jesus Christ.

I went through a couple of years there just mad at the world. I put my faith in the world and the world let me down. And I should have known that. The world's always going to let you down. Put your faith in God.

Christmas begins what Easter celebrates. The child in the cradle became the king on the cross. And because he did, there are no marks on my record. Just grace. His offer has no fine print. He didn't tell me, "Clean up before you come in." He offered, "Come in, and I'll clean you up." It's not my grip on him that matters but his grip on me. And his grip is sure. So is his presence in my life.

We know the redemption must come.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!

Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin

If any has stumbled in his journey, there is a way back. The process is called repentance. Our Savior died to provide you and me that blessed gift. Though the path is difficult, the promise is real: 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow' (Isaiah 1:18).

Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.

Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God, not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong.

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.

The proper task of the Savior is that he is a savior; indeed, for this he came into the world: to seek and save what was lost.

God is love.

Sometimes I think Jesus can't wait until we preachers finish our boring sermons. He can't wait to heal people.

If you look from my point of view, that's what Christians strive for - love from God.

Yes, I'm a miserable, wretched sinner, but He loves me. And to Him, I'm His child, and I can walk in that love and that understanding.

I'm the dirtiest of the dirty. I mess up all the time. I suck as a Christian. I can't stand religion. But I love Jesus, and I'm trying.

There are so many things we have to overcome in this life with Jesus, His work on the cross. He's paid the ultimate price for us, so I'm proud to be a child of God.

We all need grace. We all need Christ.

Like so many other people I was raised right, went crazy but I always knew God had His hand on me.