- We are at the Kirtland stage of the growth of the church here.
- President Sanders is grateful for his great grandfather who joined the church during the Kirtland era.
- If we continue faithful, the generations after us will also hold our names in reverence.
- When President Sanders served his mission in Bolivia, he worked among the pioneers of the church there and it was the same for President Doxey in Japan and President Renner in the Philippines.
- The people had to be united to draw strength from one another.
- It is vital that we be faithful, purify our hearts, prepare ourselves, be ready, be united, be worthy and be full tithe-payers.
- Elder Jeffrey R Holland suggested 5 reasons why all of us, should faithfully pay our tithes and offerings:
- do so for the sake of our children and grandchildren, the rising generation.
- to rightfully claim the blessings promised those who do so.
- as a declaration that possession of material goods and the accumulation of worldly wealth are not the uppermost goals of our existence.
- out of honesty and integrity because they are God's rightful due.
- as a personal expression of love to a generous and merciful Father in Heaven.
- The great intercessory prayer of Jesus as mentioned in John 17 applies also to all of us.
- We are among the ones referred to by Isaiah in Isaiah 58:12 as the repairer of the breach and the restorer of paths to dwell in.
