Quotes

From Doris:

 

Jenny Oaks Baker

BYU Hawaii Devotional October 27, 2026

 

“I started to wonder about how faith works in relation to the Lord’s will. I emailed my father, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, the following question. ‘How can we have faith that someone will get well or something will happen when we know that everything is dependent upon the Lord’s will?’

 

“He responded as follows:

‘I believe that the only true faith is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything we have faith in is based on faith or trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and His Father…that they will do what is best for us, another way of saying according to their will on our behalf.

 

“’Therefore we cannot really say that we have faith that the Lord will do what we ask Him to do in any and all circumstances. There will be times when that is not even right for us. If we place our trust in Him, that is what we should do. And He has taught us that we should pray for those we love and should pray for those who are sick. We do that and exercise our faith in the Lord, and that is what we are supposed to do.’”