The Lord's Richest Blessings - Carl B. Pratt

This talk is all about tithing and the kinds of blessings that follow it. For our families that have young boys, it would be a great topic for a family gathering as it talks about outdoors experiences related to that principle. What I would like to add is the approach that President James D. King took to tithing early in his career. I don't know how often he shared this as it was in a very small setting of just a few that he shared it with me. He first asked these questions:


When are you entitled to the blessings of tithing?

• Is it when you receive a payment of money?
• Is it when you decide to pay your tithing?
• Is it when you actually write the check?
• Is it when you give it to the Bishop?
• Is it when the check is deposited by the Bishop?
• Is it when the Church uses the money?
• Is it when you attend Tithing Settlement? 

You can see that these are only to create discussion and thought about the topic individually or with a group and really is only to help you make your own decisions about when to pay your tithing. 

In relation to when to pay this that he said; "It has been my personal experience that the surest way to pay tithing faithfully is to pay it as soon as I receive any income. In fact, I've found it to be the only way." Early in our marriage we tried waiting for Tithing Settlement to pay the tithing for that year. Those were the most difficult settlements we ever made. Pay it now and expect the blessings to show themselves sooner.

Blessings themselves are not usually monetary as his story showed. Most often they are related to family of challenges where the blessings are evident.