God’s Intent Is to Bring You Home

Patrick Kearon · April 2024 · Sunday Morning Session

What do God’s messengers, His prophets, call this plan in Restoration scripture?

Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?

Ahmad S. Corbitt · April 2023 · Sunday Afternoon Session

I informed her that this was an effect of the law of justice.

Be True to God and His Work

Quentin L. Cook · October 2022 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Alma also gave wonderful counsel to Corianton for all of us who have gone through or will go through the repentance process, regardless of whether the sins are small or as severe as those committed by Corianton.

Ensuring a Righteous Judgment

James R. Rasband · April 2020 · Saturday Morning Session

A vital and peace-giving contribution of the Book of Mormon to our understanding of the Savior’s Atonement is its teaching that Christ’s merciful sacrifice fulfills all the demands of justice.

The Great Plan

Dallin H. Oaks · April 2020 · Sunday Afternoon Session

All of this is part of a divine plan whose purpose is to enable the children of God to be exalted and become like Him.

Giving Our Spirits Control over Our Bodies

M. Russell Ballard · October 2019 · Sunday Afternoon Session

During this past year, I have pondered more intently than ever before about our Heavenly Father’s plan.

Where Will This Lead?

Dallin H. Oaks · April 2019 · General Priesthood Session

My brethren, and my sisters who may view or read what I say here, I hope you know why your leaders give the teachings and counsel we give.

The Father

Brian K. Ashton · October 2018 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The scriptures call this the plan of salvation.

The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?

Russell M. Nelson · October 2017 · Saturday Afternoon Session

This last comment made me reflect on my life decades ago as a young surgical resident.

Our Father’s Glorious Plan

Weatherford T. Clayton · April 2017 · Saturday Morning Session

Because Heavenly Father loves us, He wants us to have the greatest gift He can give, the gift of eternal life.

The Godhead and the Plan of Salvation

Dallin H. Oaks · April 2017 · Sunday Morning Session

Questions like “Where did we come from?” “Why are we here?” and “Where are we going?” are answered in what the scriptures call the “plan of salvation,” the “great plan of happiness,” or the “plan of redemption” (Alma 42:5, 8, 11).

To the Friends and Investigators of the Church

Joaquin E. Costa · April 2017 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The final experience I’d like to share is about repentance.

The Master Healer

Carole M. Stephens · October 2016 · General Women’s Session

As we increase our understanding of the doctrine of Christ, we soon discover that we are developing a deeper understanding of “the great plan of happiness.” We also recognize that our Savior, Jesus Christ, is at the very heart of the plan.

Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus

Quentin L. Cook · October 2016 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Alma 42 contains some of the most magnificent doctrine on the Atonement in all scripture.

Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus

Quentin L. Cook · October 2016 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Alma 42 contains some of the most magnificent doctrine on the Atonement in all scripture.

Why Marriage, Why Family

D. Todd Christofferson · April 2015 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Prophets have revealed that we first existed as intelligences and that we were given form, or spirit bodies, by God, thus becoming His spirit children—sons and daughters of heavenly parents.

The Book

Allan F. Packer · October 2014 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The family is the center of the plan of salvation and perhaps why it is also called the “great plan of happiness.” President Boyd K.

“I Have Given You an Example”

Richard G. Scott · April 2014 · Saturday Afternoon Session

There is no doctrine more fundamental to our work than the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

No Other Gods

Dallin H. Oaks · October 2013 · Sunday Morning Session

For Latter-day Saints, God’s commandments are based on and inseparable from God’s plan for His children—the great plan of salvation.

Decisions for Eternity

Russell M. Nelson · October 2013 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The aging process is also a gift from God, as is death.

Catch the Wave

Russell M. Nelson · April 2013 · Saturday Afternoon Session

In addition, the Restoration added knowledge that Saints had anciently.

Thanks Be to God

Russell M. Nelson · April 2012 · Sunday Morning Session

“it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness.”

Counsel to Youth

Boyd K. Packer · October 2011 · Saturday Morning Session

The gospel plan is “the great plan of happiness.” The family is the center of that plan.

Guided by the Holy Spirit

Boyd K. Packer · April 2011 · Saturday Afternoon Session

“The great plan of happiness” centers on family life.

Establishing a Christ-Centered Home

Richard J. Maynes · April 2011 · Saturday Afternoon Session

The ancient prophet Alma calls God’s plan for His children “the great plan of happiness.” The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, whom we sustain as prophets, seers, and revelators, have offered us this inspired counsel with regard to happiness and family life: “The family is ordained of God.

Cleansing the Inner Vessel

Boyd K. Packer · October 2010 · Sunday Morning Session

In our day the dreadful influence of pornography is like unto a plague sweeping across the world, infecting one here and one there, relentlessly trying to invade every home, most frequently through the husband and father.

The Blessing of Scripture

D. Todd Christofferson · April 2010 · Saturday Afternoon Session

In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.

Love and Law

Dallin H. Oaks · October 2009 · Saturday Afternoon Session

This great principle helps us understand the why of many things, like justice and mercy balanced by the Atonement.

Prayer and Promptings

Boyd K. Packer · October 2009 · Saturday Afternoon Session

As children of God, we learn we are part of His “great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8).

Counsel to Young Men

Boyd K. Packer · April 2009 · Priesthood Session

At noon today four young men, all grandsons, came to visit us.

Celestial Marriage

Russell M. Nelson · October 2008 · Sunday Afternoon Session

My beloved brethren and sisters, I am deeply grateful for each of you.

Salvation and Exaltation

Russell M. Nelson · April 2008 · Saturday Morning Session

Thanks to God’s great plan of happiness, families can be together forever—as exalted beings.

Restoring Faith in the Family

Kenneth Johnson · April 2008 · Saturday Morning Session

With knowledge of the “great plan of happiness,” we have the opportunity and also the responsibility to help restore faith in the family.

Do You Know Who You Are?

Dean R. Burgess · April 2008 · Priesthood Session

Alma called it “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8), a plan that God prepared for you and for each of us.

A Book with a Promise

Craig C. Christensen · April 2008 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Additionally, we explained that the Book of Mormon is a book that teaches “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8; see also vv.

The Great Plan of Happiness

Marcus B. Nash · October 2006 · Priesthood Session

Note that to be without God in the world—in other words, to refuse to live His gospel and therefore lack the companionship of the Spirit—is to be in a state contrary to the nature of happiness.

The Great Plan of Happiness

Earl C. Tingey · April 2006 · Sunday Morning Session

Alma refers to the Atonement as “the great plan of happiness.” I shall use that phrase to describe the beautiful doctrine we know as the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious Things

Boyd K. Packer · April 2005 · Saturday Morning Session

The plan of salvation, or “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8; see also Alma 42:5, 12, 30).

Now Is the Time to Prepare

Russell M. Nelson · April 2005 · Saturday Morning Session

Death is a necessary component of our eternal existence.

The Church Grows Stronger

Gordon B. Hinckley · April 2004 · Saturday Morning Session

May heaven smile upon you.

Do Not Fear

Boyd K. Packer · April 2004 · Sunday Morning Session

Alma called the plan of salvation “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8; see also 2 Nephi 11:5; Alma 12:25; 17:16; 34:9; 41:2; 42:5, 11–13, 15, 31; Moses 6:62).

The Atonement: All for All

Bruce C. Hafen · April 2004 · Sunday Afternoon Session

What possible pearl could be worth such a price—for Him and for us?

“The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected”

Boyd K. Packer · October 2003 · Saturday Afternoon Session

We learned about the plan of redemption—“the great plan of happiness.” We came to earth to be tested and to gain experience, with a promise that “through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.”

Press Forward and Be Steadfast

Elaine S. Dalton · April 2003 · General Young Women Meeting

In the margin she had written, “I want to marry a man like Moroni.” Seven years later, she did!

For Thy Good

Richard C. Edgley · April 2002 · Sunday Morning Session

However, an understanding of Christ’s plan of redemption helps put it all into perspective.

Our Father’s Plan

Christoffel Golden Jr. · October 2001 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Likewise, latter-day revelation reveals that our Heavenly Father ordained a great plan of happiness for all of His spirit children who had kept their first estate.

“The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

Boyd K. Packer · April 2001 · Saturday Afternoon Session

The gospel plan is the “great plan of happiness.” It is contrary to the nature of God and contrary to the very nature of man to find happiness in sin.

Personal Preparation for Temple Blessings

Russell M. Nelson · April 2001 · Saturday Afternoon Session

I have learned that temple blessings are most meaningful when death takes a loved one away from the family circle.

“Plow in Hope”

Neal A. Maxwell · April 2001 · Sunday Morning Session

Therefore, desperately needed is longitudinal perspective, the hope of the gospel.

Keep an Eternal Perspective

Jay E. Jensen · April 2000 · Saturday Afternoon Session

The sequence in the teaching process from this verse is that our Heavenly Father first taught Adam and Eve the plan of redemption; then He gave them commandments.

The Creation

Russell M. Nelson · April 2000 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The entire Creation was planned by God.

We Are Children of God

Russell M. Nelson · October 1998 · Sunday Afternoon Session

“it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness.”

The Atonement

Russell M. Nelson · October 1996 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Adam and Eve, as mortal beings, were instructed to “worship the Lord their God, and … offer the firstlings of their flocks, for an offering unto the Lord.” They were further instructed that “the life of the flesh is in the blood: … for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” Probation, procreation, and aging were all components of—and physical death was essential to—God’s “great plan of happiness.”

Christians in Belief and Action

Joseph B. Wirthlin · October 1996 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Our faith in the Lord moves us to the second principle of the gospel: repentance.

The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness

Richard G. Scott · October 1996 · Sunday Afternoon Session

The scriptures record, “And I, God, created man … ; male and female created I them.” This was done spiritually in your premortal existence when you lived in the presence of your Father in Heaven.

“The Shield of Faith”

Boyd K. Packer · April 1995 · Saturday Morning Session

The great plan of happiness (see Alma 42:8, 16) revealed to prophets is the plan for a happy family.

Hear the Prophet’s Voice and Obey

Robert D. Hales · April 1995 · Saturday Morning Session

The desire of the prophets is to assist our Father in Heaven and his Son Jesus Christ in bringing about the great objectives of the plan of salvation, or, as one ancient prophet called it, “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8).

Answers to Life’s Questions

M. Russell Ballard · April 1995 · Saturday Afternoon Session

The prophet Alma called the plan “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8).

Marriage and the Great Plan of Happiness

Joe J. Christensen · April 1995 · Sunday Morning Session

Remember the central importance of your marriage.

For Time and All Eternity

Boyd K. Packer · October 1993 · Saturday Afternoon Session

In the great council in heaven, God’s plan was presented: the plan of salvation, the plan of redemption, the great plan of happiness.

Constancy amid Change

Russell M. Nelson · October 1993 · Saturday Afternoon Session

I speak now of category two—unchanging plans.

“The Great Plan of Happiness”

Dallin H. Oaks · October 1993 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Questions like, Where did we come from?

Doors of Death

Russell M. Nelson · April 1992 · Sunday Afternoon Session

happiness: “Now behold, it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of

Joy and Mercy

Dallin H. Oaks · October 1991 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Our Creator wants us to be happy in this life.

To Young Women and Men

Boyd K. Packer · April 1989 · Sunday Morning Session

A great contribution to Christian doctrine is the explanation in the Book of Mormon of how justice and mercy and repentance and forgiveness work together to erase transgressions.

Funerals—A Time for Reverence

Boyd K. Packer · October 1988 · Saturday Afternoon Session

“Now behold, it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness.”

“I Will Look unto the Lord”

Marion D. Hanks · October 1986 · Saturday Morning Session

He had time now—and the disposition to listen and to think.

The Great Plan of the Eternal God

Neal A. Maxwell · April 1984 · Saturday Afternoon Session

One of the great blessings flowing from amplifying, latter-day revelations is the crucial, doctrinal framework known as the marvelous plan of salvation, the plan of happiness, or the plan of mercy.

The Net Gathers of Every Kind

Neal A. Maxwell · October 1980 · Saturday Morning Session

If there are disappointments, let us not turn away but turn to, remembering Peter’s immortal interrogative of the Savior, “Lord, to whom shall we go?” (John 6:68).