Tithing

Tithing

1. "Tithing is a test of faith with eternal blessings."
Elder Robert D. Hales "Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings" October 2002 General Conference

2. "Tithing is one of the commandments that qualifies us, by our faith, to enter the temple—the house of the Lord."
Elder Robert D. Hales "Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings" October 2002 General Conference

3. "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."
Elder Robert D. Hales "Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings" October 2002 General Conference

4. "Some people say, 'I can’t afford to pay tithing.' Those who place their faith in the Lord’s promises say, 'I can’t afford not to pay tithing.'”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Tithing" April 1994 General Conference 

5. "Tithing is a commandment with a promise."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Tithing" April 1994 General Conference

6. "Tithe paying is evidence that we accept the law of sacrifice. It also prepares us for the law of consecration and the other higher laws of the celestial kingdom."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Tithing" April 1994 General Conference

7. "We should pay [tithes and offerings] as a personal expression of love to a generous and merciful Father in Heaven."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland "Like a Watered Garden" October 2001 General Conference

8. "Pay your tithing as a declaration that possession of material goods and the accumulation of worldly wealth are not the uppermost goals of your existence."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland "Like a Watered Garden" October 2001 General Conference

9. "Teach your children that many of the blessings of the Church are available to them because you and they give tithes and offerings to the Church. Teach them that those blessings could come virtually no other way."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland "Like a Watered Garden" October 2001 General Conference

10. "The honest payment of tithing provides a person the inner strength and commitment to comply with the other commandments."
Thomas S. Monson "Be Thou an Example" October 1996 General Conference