And prove me now herewith,

A scripture with promise
There is a scripture in Malachi speaking on tithes and offerings in which a servant of The Lord tells and promises us something amazing!

(Old Testament | Malachi 3:10)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

This I know that this promise is absolutely true. I have taken up this challenge over and over, in choosing to pay my tithes before anything else when I get almost any money. And as sure as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West my Lord has proven to be true and faithful in His promise.

God keeps His promises
There are other scriptures that testify of God and His promises. One of my favorite is D&C 1:38

"What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same."

This is a simple concept in that God cannot lie and He never changes. “…If so, God would cease to be God.”

Now, shouldn’t this mean we can look to God in all things where he has spoken, either Himself or His servants, and there is a promise given? According to God staying God it has to be or else He would cease to be God, and all things must be undone! For if God is no longer God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things. This is why God has to keep His word and promises. If not all His creations, including our Earth and bodies, would be undone!

Finding His promises and taking advantage of them“I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.” Pretty straight forward there; and in the start of our entire standard works of Scripture we find Jehovah of the Old Testament, our God, saying:
”Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them”

In the Book of Mormon King Benjamin explaining how difficult this can feel at times when he gives the following advice:

“And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.
But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.”

Further along Alma gives council to investigators of God’s church when he states:
“…as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light;
Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—
Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?”

Later-day promises
Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints heard a promise given by our recently diseased prophet Gordon B. Hinckley in August 2005 which simply was: “We studied the Book of Mormon in Sunday School this past year. Nonetheless I offer a challenge to members of the Church throughout the world and to our friends everywhere to read or reread the Book of Mormon....Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.”
Many, many members of the church and persons without took up this challenge and just as a promise from the Lord, or His servants, are given it was kept, and there are hundreds if not thousands or millions of people who can testify of this.

25 June 1982
On the above mentioned date President Boyd K. Packer gave a talk to some missionaries in which he counseled young missionaries to not fear in reiterating a truth found in Proverbs 20:27 when he stated: “Somewhere in your quest for spiritual knowledge, there is that “leap of faith,” as the philosophers call it. It is the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and stepped into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two. “The spirit of man,” is as the scripture says, indeed “is the candle of the Lord.”

All truth established by the voice of 2 or 3 witnesses
On February 3, 2006 Elder David A. Bednar gave us second witness to this truth when he examined a little deeper the principle of Faith. And when he stated: “Faith in Christ is inextricably tied to, and results in, hope in Christ for our redemption and exaltation. And assurance and hope make it possible for us to walk to the edge of the light and take a few steps into the darkness—expecting and trusting the light to move and illuminate the way.2 The combination of assurance and hope initiates action in the present.

Faith as the evidence of things not seen looks to the past and confirms our trust in God and our confidence in the truthfulness of things not seen. We stepped into the darkness with assurance and hope, and we received evidence and confirmation as the light in fact moved and provided the illumination we needed. The witness we obtained after the trial of our faith (see Ether 12:6) is evidence that enlarges and strengthens our assurance.”

My own witness’In my own life I have seen the promises of the Lord at work; sometimes to my own discomfort, other times to my comfort, but all times to a GREAT feeling of joy, thankfulness, and happiness!

Long ago our God, through one of his servants, promised my mother that I would be helped in turning from my life of poorer choices to the life I presently am living with my God in great joy!

Tithing, as stated at the beginning of this talk, has been a support for me, and given temporal blessings including a very nice Apt/home, food, clothing, and funds to have fun with my children. All from my choosing to pay God His asked 10% before I go get my “needs”.

And last I’ll mention here, is the part talked about above with the walking to the edge of the light and taking a few steps into the darkness. With the loss of my hearing and an almost constant sense of fatigue it’s been difficult at times to continue to go and do acts of service for those in my life. But I have found even when I am completely exhausted if I simply start, and take whatever action I am capable of. God is there to help, support, and sustain me! Truly the witness’ on this subject borne previously are correct, and I add my witness to the same. When times are tough and hard and there WILL be times, forget yourself and do what you’re able to do for another, and God will lend His Grace to you, and it will surprise you (with) what the Lord has done using your small effort.

In His name Jesus Christ, amen.

The WHY as to why hymns are #1 at inviting The Spirit and making your day brigher.

Of course this is my opinion, and I can talk it over with anyone who cares to. But I feel I found a/the reason as to why hymns change your thoughts faster then just pop/culture music. A responcibility of the Holy Ghost is to bear witness to truths, right?
So when you sing hymns the direct your thoughts more so to hevenly things, then THIS course of thought invites the HG to over and over bear you truth to the items you sing, read, and think about!

This can help also with your attitude as having a member of the Godhead staying with you for a little while without question would raise your spirit(s). 0:-)


Favorite hymn to sing? I stand all amazed... to which I attempted to put a link in to, but blogger is being stupid too. Seems the speelcheker is borken too.