To help you understand that we show love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ when we pay tithing.

Lesson 33: I can pay Tithing Lesson 33: I Can Pay Tithing, Primary 2: Choose the Right A, (1995), 176 80

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Tithing Is One-Tenth of What We Earn

What would you do with these coins if you had earned them?

I think someone mentioned something very important that we should do when we earn money.

Heavenly Father has commanded us to pay tithing on the money we earn.

When we pay tithing, we give some of the money we have earned to the Church to help pay for things that help people learn about Heavenly Father and Jesus and the gospel, such as temples, church buildings, lesson manuals, and other materials.

How many pennies are shown here?

Let s count them together

Tithing What is this word?

Tithing One-tenth of the money we earn is the amount we pay as tithing.

Tithing One coin out of the ten shown would be one-tenth.

To Spend or Save Tithing What does this say?

To Spend or Save Tithing If this were money you had earned, how many coins would you have left to spend or save after paying tithing?

To Spend or Save Tithing We should pay tithing on all money we earn.

To Spend or Save Tithing We Choose the Right When We Pay Tithing

To Spend or Save Tithing Let s listen to the story of Mark and his choice to pay his tithing.

The last time Mark was at the store he had seen a toy he wanted to buy. Mark had been working for his mother and saving money to buy the toy. He had earned nine coins. He needed only one more coin to buy the toy. His mother told him that she would pay him if he did a job for her.

Early Saturday morning Mark got up and ate his breakfast, then did the job his mother wanted him to do. When he was finished, his mother told him that she was very pleased with the work he had done. She gave Mark a shiny new coin. Mark was excited because now he had enough money to buy the toy.

Mark ran to get his money box, and he dropped the coin inside. Then he and his mother went to the store. When they got to the store, Mark found the toy. He was happy it hadn t been sold. He looked at it very carefully. He could hardly wait to play with it.

When Mark went to pay for the toy, the clerk smiled and said that it would cost ten coins. Mark took the lid off his money box and started to count out his coins. When he got to ten he remembered: one coin out of ten should be tithing.

Mark didn t know what to do. He really wanted the toy. He could have it, but only if he gave the clerk his tithing money. Mark looked at the clerk, at the toy, and then at the tithing coin.

What would you do if you were Mark?

Mark dropped the tithing coin in the tithing side of the box. He put the nine coins back in the To Spend or Save side of the box and walked down the aisle to put the toy back on the shelf.

Mark s mother didn t say anything, but she put her arm around Mark and gave him a tight squeeze. Mark knew he had done the right thing.

The next day at church, Mark gave his tithing envelope to the bishop. The bishop shook Mark s hand and told Mark that Heavenly Father was happy that he paid his tithing. Mark was happy too. He knew he had made the right choice. (Adapted from Marshall T. Burton, The Little Red Car, Instructor, Apr. 1966, pp. 158 59.)

What choice did Mark have to make?

Why was this a difficult choice for him?

How did Mark feel about the choice he made?

How did Mark feel about the choice he made? Why?

Who else was happy about Mark s choice?

Paying Tithing Shows Love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

What blessings have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ given you?

One coin out of ten is not much to give to thank Heavenly Father and Jesus for the many blessings they have given us.

These are a type of coin called mites

Let s listen to the story found in Mark 12: 41-44 about an old lady, who was a widow, and the amount of tithing she paid.

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In Jesus Christ s time, tithing and offerings were collected at the temple in large containers with openings at the top.

Remember Mark showed his love for Heavenly Father and Jesus by choosing to pay his tithing instead of buying the toy. It was difficult for Mark, but he felt happy when he made the right choice.

Let s sing: I want to Give the Lord My Tenth

I Want to Give the Lord My Tenth 1. I want to give the Lord my tenth, For ev'ry time I do It makes me think of all the gifts He gives to me and you. 2. He gives us life, this lovely world. And though my tenth seems small, It shows my faith and gratitude To him, the Lord of all. Words and music: Lonnie Dobson Adams, b. 1942. (c) 1969, 1989 IRI

Remember that when we pay our tithing, we show that we love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

When Jesus was on the earth, the people put their tithing and other offerings of money into containers at the temple.

Today we pay our tithing to the bishop (or branch president) or one of his counselors.

When we pay our tithing, we use these forms and envelopes.

Let me show you how to fill out a tithing and other Offerings slip.

If you earned these ten coins, how much tithing would you put in the envelope?

What do we do with the tithing envelope?

We would give it to the Bishop or one of his Counselors

I want to bear my testimony to you about how we show love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ by paying our tithing. I want to encourage you to pay tithing on any money you earn, no matter how small the amount.

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I'm Glad to Pay a Tithing 1. My Heav'nly Father gives me all good and lovely things: The sun that shines, the rain that falls, the meadowlark that sings. 2. I'm glad to pay a tithing, one-tenth of all I earn; It's little when I think of all God gives me in return. Words and music: Ruth Benson Lehenbauer, b. 1933. (c) 1969 IRI

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