The Blessings of Tithing

September 9, 2013

HELLO EVERYONE
This week has been Super Duper, we have Reaped many Blessings from our hard work this week and it has been soo good to feel great success with our Investigators, not everyone we wanted came to church for us this week but we know that they all have problems and that they deal with and we are trying to be Patient with them :)  no letters Yet, I have sent 2 or 3 last week, Dad Shot a Bambi he could of grown up into a Giant buck for me to shoot when i get home geez thanks Dad, Just kidding that's great, I'm waiting for the jerky ;) haha Benton Kill Something! I am Glad that Ethan and Kenzy have made it safely and are settling down, and that his boss is LDS that's a great blessing in this world. Dang the Elk are starting to bugle thats fantastic I miss that roar of a bull elk Screaming through the Ceders, Glad things are going good at home that's Always a good thing :)
this week we have had 1 Baptism Satta Sorseah her husband was last week now they are both excited and nervous for their journey in this life of Happiness. We are also being pushed by  President Kirkham to get everyone to pay tithing in our Branches and its a lil tough cause some people have been taken advantage of be heartless false churches and robbed and they are really having a hard time to give only a small 10% not everyone but a few.   I Love talking about Tithing, because I know of the blessings that come from being a full tithe payer, when I was young I was taught how to do it and the importance of it, as I got older it has stuck with me if I want to be successful in my life and enjoy happiness, and reap temporal, and spiritual blessings I need to pay my tithes.  I promise you that the Lord will help all those who already have found the truth, and made promises with God, how to be an honest and Faithful full tithe payer, I do my best to plant that seed in all my Investigators hearts so that it will grow stronger and stronger through out the years,I know that people are confused about this Principal and Commandment that God has given us. They say I wont have enough money for food or for rent and so on and make so many Excuses to break a commandment, but we all need to understand the the Lord gives us a great size portion of blessings than he wants us to be faithful and give a very small amount back to him, than if we do this He will open the Heavens and there will not be room enough for us to receive the blessings that He will bestow on us and our families. I know that it is important for the Poor but Beautiful people that live here in Liberia to pay tithes Like President Hinckley says that it will cure their Financial Wounds and help them become Financially stable in this economy and built upon the Rock that Jesus Christ has laid out for all of us. I think that this can Relate to the Parable: The pearl of Great Price Found in (Matthew 13:45-46) When we find something that is of Great Value or that is Priceless, We want do all that we can to obtain it, Such as the "Kingdom of God", a lot of us as latter day Saints tend to get to comfortable and become lenient and when we do this we aren't doing all that we can to obtain that which our Father in Heaven has given us, Mission has taught me not to become lenient, or slothful or comfortable, and its important to be on our toes, cause when an opportunity to help someone change their life for eternity comes along we can act fast and help them, or to make a right decision or even to be ready for that day when the Messiah will come. I love this parable because I Know if we and our brothers and sisters, our Friends and neighbors know if we give back to the lord especially in tithing we will one day Receive our reward, and if we are paying tithing fully we will most likely be keeping all other commandments as well, and will Receive the Kingdom of God as our Reward. This is my Promise to you all that if we keep this Commandment and follow it with our hearts and become full tithe payers we will be fully blessed to the point that we will not be able to receive it. What a great Blessing from God, I so Testify that this is true in the Sacred name of Jesus Christ Amen.   Hope you all have a great week Love and Miss you all.
Love Elder Erickson
YOSO
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