Elder Daniel L. Johnson
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A "lack of compliance" with the law of tithing is "not to be taken lightly and can not only seriously impair our spiritual growth and development but can also limit the physical and temporal blessings that we could otherwise enjoy."
Tithing is defined as "one tenth" of all interest annually. President Howard W. Hunter defined that as "profit, compensation, increase. It is the wage of one employed, the profit from the operation of a business, the increase of one who grows or produces, or the income to a person from any other source."
Tithing is used to "fund the growth and development of the Church throughout the world." Is is used to build temples and meetings houses, to finance missionary work and "other worthy purposes."
Tithing is a law required by the Lord. It can bless members in temporal and spiritual adversities. "In order to bestow His blessings on His children in a just and equitable manner, the Lord has instituted laws that govern those blessings that He wants all of us to enjoy."
To pay tithing requires a leap of faith in the beginning, but as tithing is paid, "you will indeed be a witness to the matchless power of the Lord as He opens the windows of heaven and pours out a blessing."
