Mormon Gem - Tithing

"Just over three months after the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith, at the time the Saints were building the Nauvoo Temple, Brigham Young wrote on behalf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: 'Enter steadily and regularly upon a strict observance of the law of tithing, . . . : then come up to the House of the Lord, and be taught in his ways, and walk in his paths' (History of the Church, 7:282). "The strict observance of the law of tithing not only qualifies us to receive the higher, saving ordinances of the temple, it allows us to receive them on behalf of our ancestors. When asked whether members of the Church could be baptized for the dead if they had not paid their tithing, President John Taylor, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, answered: 'A man who has not paid his tithing is unfit to be baptized for his dead. . . . If a man has not faith enough to attend to these little things, he has not faith enough to save himself and his friends' (History of the Church, 7:292-93). "Tithing develops and tests our faith. By sacrificing to the Lord what we may think we need or want for ourselves, we learn to rely on Him. Our faith in Him makes it possible to keep temple covenants and receive eternal temple blessings. Pioneer Sarah Rich, wife of Charles C. Rich, wrote in her journal after leaving Nauvoo, 'Many were the blessings we had received in the House of the Lord, which [have] caused joy and comfort in the midst of all our sorrows, and enabled us to have faith in God, knowing He would guide us and sustain us in the unknown journey that lay before us' (journal of Sarah De Armon Pea Rich, Archives, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University [typescript], 42). "Like the pioneers, the obedient payment of tithing fortifies our faith, and that faith sustains us through the trials, tribulations, and sorrows in our life's journey."

Robert D. Hales, "Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings," Ensign, Nov. 2002, 26-27

1. My Heavnly Father gives me all good and lovely things:
The sun that shines, the rain that falls, the meadowlark that sings.

2. Im glad to pay a tithing, one-tenth of all I earn;
Its little when I think of all God gives me in return.

Words and music: Ruth Benson Lehenbauer, b. 1933. © 1969 IRI

D&C 119:17

Malachi 3:10

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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[omiolo]

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.” 12 On the cross, He chose to love His enemies, praying, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And then, so that He could finally demonstrate that He was choosing for Himself, He was left alone. “[Father,] why hast thou forsaken me?” He asked. At last, He exercised His agency to act, enduring to the end, until He could say, “It is finished.

[MormonsLoveFamilies]

@omiolo The atonement of Jesus Christ.

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Pornography, in particular, is a weapon of mass moral destruction. Its impact is at the forefront in eroding moral values. Some TV programs and Internet sites are equally lethal.

[MormonsLoveFamilies]

@omiolo A literal plague.

[omiolo]

The animosity is so strong that in the North, a Protestant band in a parade will stop playing as they pass Catholic homes. Register was on a bus that had to be diverted from the station because of a bomb threat. When she expressed her surprise over the incident, an older woman on the bus told her, "That's just how it is here. Still, it's still better than it used to be."

[omiolo]

"The Catholics and Protestants still hate each other. Schools with children from both groups are called 'integrated schools.' If someone won't identify themselves as coming from one group or the other, they are asked to recite the alphabet. The way a person pronounces the letter H identifies their affiliation," Register said.

[Shulamitefire]

@MormonsLoveFamilies God loves you enough that he wants you to be possessed by the Truth.

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"In 1997, U.S. congregations of the similarly sized Evangelical Lutheran Church in America raised $11.8 million in cash donations for worldwide hunger. The same year it raised $3.64 million for domestic and international disaster response, for a one-year humanitarian cash total of $15.44 million, more than half the amount the LDS provided over fourteen years." P. 129, Mormon America , Richard Ostling

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@fab42 God still loves you.

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@fab42 I want you to know that God loves you.

[omiolo]

Not long after arriving in Marib our group began visiting the spectacular remains of the past, beginning with the famous Great Dam. From there we went to the nearby temple of Barán where the altar had been recovered

[omiolo]

A small notice about the altar find had gone out to the LDS scholarly community. 3 I’d read it with great interest but some frustration. The catalog photograph of the altar did not show the actual part of the text that mentioned Nihm and the exhibit would be touring Europe for several years. It seemed that learning more would be a long way off.