M. Russell Ballard Quotes

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.

I feel like God puts things in our lives to help prepare us for the future.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

God's purpose is more important than our plans.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

There's a lot of things we go through and we don't even know why... At the end of the day, God has a purpose and a plan for you, and that's kind of how I take that.

When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

God does have a specific plan for our lives, but it is not one that He expects us to figure out before we make a decision.

Many times Christians state their love for the Lord and their willingness to die for Him. I will make no pretense of knowing the Lord's will in your life, but I do feel that in most cases the Lord is far more interested in our living for Him than He is in our dying for Him.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

God will never violate His Word, but He doesn’t seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.

There is a grand designer behind everything. God's plan for your life, all that happens to you, including your mistakes, your sins, and your hurts.

You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.

I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.

I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should.

There's a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.

If God is the author of life, there must be a script.

Men think all things would be very glorious if they might be done according to their mind. Perhaps, indeed, they would-but with their glory, not the glory of God.

God will NEVER give YOU something SOMEBODY ELSE is supposed to have

Pray for the field. If God calls, then prepare for the field. When it is time, go to the field. A life lost for Christ is a life well spent.

Don’t miss what the Lord has in store for those who love Him and are willing to let Him be the Master of their lives.

Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here.

What would God have me do with my life?

Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.

I am fully equipped for the Divine Plan of my life.