Sister Oscarson: “Sometimes we try to do it backward. For
example, we may take this approach: I will be happy to live the law of tithing,
but first I need to know that it’s true. Maybe we even pray to gain a testimony
of the law of tithing and hope the Lord will bless us with that testimony
before we have ever filled out a tithing slip. It just doesn’t work that way.
The Lord expects us to exercise faith. We have to consistently pay a full and
honest tithe in order to gain a testimony of tithing. This same pattern applies
to all the principles of the gospel, whether it is the law of chastity, the
principle of modesty, the Word of Wisdom, or the law of the fast” (Bonnie L.
Oscarson, “Be Ye Converted,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2013, 77).
