12 faithless excuses not to pay tithing

1. I can’t afford to pay tithing
2. I am too poor to pay tithing – I’ll pay when I earn more.
3. I am behind on my tithing – it is too late to start.
4. I’m expecting a big inheritance. I’ll catch up then.
5. I have other expenses that I must pay first.
6. I need to save money for the future.
7. I help other people with my money.
8. The return on tithing is too long term for me.
9. Tithing cuts down on the toys I can buy for myself.
10. Tithing does not raise my credit score.
11. I would never ask the church for anything.
12. The Church does not need my tithing.

The Diamond Rule of Service

“If you wouldn’t want it done to you, don’t do it to someone else!”

Jeffrey Gitomer

Our success in life largely depends upon our understanding of our customers – whether they are families or business partners – and being able to deliver on their expectations.

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Temple Lessons [The power & blessings of being early]

When we arrived for our first sacrament meeting in Nauvoo we were about 15 minutes early. The chapel was already full and the reverence was comforting. We quickly & quietly found a seat and pondered what we were experiencing.

When we arrived for our first training meeting in the San Diego Temple with the other newly called temple volunteers we were about 10 minutes early. Everyone else was already there & the meeting began as soon as we were seated.

We are learning that a mark of conversion is being early & ready. There is a spirit attended to being early that is only experienced by those who get there early enough to witness it.

Two Scriptures:

He that seeketh me early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken.       D&C 88:83

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.    Proverbs 8:17

One Quote:

Early = Respect for others. Late = Disrespect. You might as well wear a sign on your chest.    -Tom Peters

46 Things I Know for Sure   compiled by Chuck Lucas

1. It is never too late to begin to do what we ought to do. —Richard L. Evans

2.  The Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds.    Richard G. Scott

3.  If friendship is genuine—it is pure gold.

4.  “When love and kindness cease all enjoyment is taken out of life.”     Cicero

5.  “Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one.” Robert E. Lee

6.  Your friendship is a sturdy staff on which others may lean.  Gordon B. Hinckley

7.  Keep trying. Be believing. Be happy. Don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.  Gordon B. Hinckley

8.  When we’re desperate to become the people we were born to be, our vision changes. Wendy Nelson

9.  The Lord will ask you to do difficult things. You can count on it.    -Russell M. Nelson

10. “Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” -Eliot A. Butler

11. We form our habits by the secret thoughts of our hearts.   George Q. Morris

12. HARD WORK IS more important than intellect.   James E. Faust

13. The Lord’s work is work, but it is sweet labor.   Neal A. Maxwell

14. Life is limitless. Life is everlasting. Family is forever.

15. “No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future.”—Hugh B. Brown

16. “There is something incredibly hopeful about a fresh start.”   Dieter F. Uchtdorf

17. Present levels of performance are unacceptable . . . . We must raise the bar.  Kimball & Hinckley

18. Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.”  Thomas S Monson

19. Faith is always pointed toward the future.   Jeffrey R Holland

20. “We are not going back . . . . the future holds everything for us.”   Patricia Holland

21. The emphasis on enduring well to the end is wise, simply because we are at risk till the end!    Neal A. Maxwell

22. God has given us no requirements, no commandments, that we cannot keep.   Richard L. Evans

23. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.    1 John 4:18

24. Duties knocking at one’s door are like friends come to call not always convenient but usually gladdening in their effect.      Neal A. Maxwell

25. “That which holds our attention determines our action.”     William James

26. Any moment, early or late, can mark the beginning of hope.    Michael Gerson

27. Hope sees things that are just around the corner. -Vaughn J. Featherstone

28. Don’t give up, get up!   Heather O’Brien Walker

29. “Moral sense is more important than intelligence.” Dr. Alexis Carrell

30. “Jesus is real.”   David O. McKay

31. I don’t believe in luck. I believe in planning.    Bronco Mendenhall

32. You can choose to ignore the truth, but you cannot wish it out of existence.

33. I believe enthusiasm is a universal talent everyone can acquire.  L. Tom Perry

34.  Optimism is an indispensable forerunner of progress.    Heber J. Grant

35. He who learns not from the mistakes of the past is doomed to repeat them with their attendant consequences.         Thomas S. Monson

36. The past is ours to cherish, not to live in.    Duane Hiatt

37. Recycling regrets

[doesn’t]

change reality. Pawing through the past is not productive.  Neal A. Maxwell

38. One road leads home & a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.  -C. S. Lewis

39. If you want a new tomorrow then make new choices today. Don’t wish for it; work for it. Al Fox Carraway

40. It is better to learn wisdom late, than never to learn it at all.    Sherlock Holmes

41. Everyone’s life is either a warning or an example.   Tony Robbins

42. We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.     Ronald Reagan

43. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.    African Proverb

44. None of us are as smart as all of us.    Ken Blanchard

45. Often, the best & most effective “preaching” is a good example.    David J. Ridges

46. The price to be paid for advancement is vigorous self-effort.     John A. Widtsoe

You Can Still Win!: Break Through, Bounce Back, Come from Behind, and Flourish [Andre Taylor] 

often repeated by J. Willard Marriott, Sr.

J. Willard Marriott, Jr. (always his personal moto)

 A lesson Bill Marriott learned from his father. (J. Willard Marriott, Sr.)