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Financial Blessings

I was pondering today whether God cares about giving financial blessings or not? Or does he care only in our Spiritual well being? I am not talking about asking God to be rich or have the latest car but ask him to bless you financially with the things that will enable you to provide a better life for your family.

So if you're paying your tithing without a grudge and try to live your life in the best way you can, why is it that God sometimes just does not seem to bless you in the financial aspect?

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Of course he cares about giving us financial blessings. He wants us to be happy. He also wants us to be righteous. Think about what you, as a parent, want for your children. You want them to be blessed. You want them to prosper. However, you do not just hand them everything they want. You want them to learn to appreciate their blessings and to learn to manage their money wisely.

Our heavenly parents want no less for us. Look at how many times in the scriptures it has shown that when the people are living righteously they prosper financially also. But then they start to forget who they are and where those blessings came from and they fall into unrighteousness and loose it all and the cycle begins all over again. Prosperity is not always the best thing for us.

President Hinckley said:

I believe there are several facets to the blessings that come from tithing and how it works. Three of the big ones are obedience, faith, preparation. If for no other reason we should pay our tithing because it is a commandment and we want to obey the commandments. When we pay our tithing we need to have faith that the Lord will bless us in whatever way we need to be blessed. The preparation is - what do we need to learn? We are often given obstacles to provide us with the tools to overcome what lies ahead. Also, to always faithfully pay a full and honest tithe it takes some financial skills. Sometimes we need to struggle for awhile to gain those skills. We need to budget our money, pay the Lord first and have faith that all will work out.

I cannot always explain how it works, but it works. I can testify of many experiences where I have paid my tithing and put in the Lord's hands. He always comes through. When I have not been so faithful it has been a struggle.

Edited: alskann on 23rd Aug, 2008 - 3:11am

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Yes, the pride cycle is a major theme in the BOM. When the people were righteous, they were blessed with wealth, they began to think they were wealthy because of their own efforts and became prideful rather than grateful. Then the wealth was taken away and they became humble and began the cycle all over again.

Obedience has a place in our progression, however, many tend to thing Obedience is the end and not the means to the end. Just like watching the Karate Kid paint the fence and polish the cars, we to are told to be obedient to rules and principles that are meant to teach us how to do miracles, but are not the miracles in themselves. If you really want to see the mystery behind the actions, you can look at the promised blessings.

Superstition is when you cannot link the action with the blessing. For example, Buddhist tradition says that placing a golden frog with a coin in it's mouth in a prominent place such as the entry of your business will make it succeed. But you can't connect the action with the result. Stepping on a crack will break you mothers back. Breaking a mirror causes 7 years bad luck. And paying 10 percent of our income to support an organization will... what? Karma?

When we understand the meanings behind the law we see how to live the law correctly. When we live the law correctly, we receive the blessing associated with the law. One such blessing of tithing is prosperity in the form of wealth. The question as to whether we pay on our gross or net has nothing to do with the blessing of wealth. You may receive other blessings associated with tithing, but the Lord is only bound when we do what we are directed to do. Rather than asking the question, pay on our gross or net for example, if we study the law of tithing, (seems so basic, why study it?), we will begin to see that we are supposed to pay on our "interest", "surplus" and "increase". Notice how these are all investing terms.

I guarantee if you learn how to pay tithing on your interest, surplus and increase you will receive a financial blessing from heaven so great there will not be room enough to receive it. But the government will know what to do with it...

I will put the remainder of my comments in the Tithing: Gross vs Net thread where they are more appropriate.

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WISE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DURING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Recent studies show one in four American workers is seriously distressed about his personal financial situation. Add to that the uncertainty of the economy and there becomes an increased need to improve personal and family financial management.

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It is always interesting how we relate tithing with monetary blessings. I think that is because we really misunderstood Malachi 3:10. The Lord will open the windows of heaven is a quote from Isaiah 44:3 In which the blessing is the pouring out of the spirit onto your children, in that they will spring up like grass in the gospel. In other words the great blessing of tithing is the blessing of having faithful children. Not as sexy as getting rich I guess.

I find it interesting that this topic even comes up. I think that may say something about us. I am sure that God blesses us. Are they financial? Perhaps, or perhaps not. most wealth comes through taking advantage of others in my opinion. Our 401K for example has companies like Marriott in it who make more money off porn then anyone with the exception of Fox and direct TV. Or we may have stock like in companies like Nike who run child labor sweat shops, or oil companies who are making money off the backs of us. We are all getting rich off the backs of dishonest men. This is why I am hesitant to count wealth as a blessing, but rather as a comfortable evil that we perhaps tolerate. I think God would like us to be wealthy, but only if we all are wealthy, I.e the law of Zion.

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Live prudently, LDS reminded

With the world facing difficult economic times, Latter-day Saints must increase their efforts to live prudently, avoid debt and prepare to provide for those who are adversely affected, President Thomas S. Monson counseled on Saturday.

His remarks came during the evening priesthood session of the 178th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Many areas of the world have experienced difficult economic times. Businesses have failed, jobs have been lost and investments have been jeopardized," said President Monson. "We must make certain that those for whom we share responsibilities do not go hungry or unclothed or unsheltered."
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