Week 11

I don’t really have an attitude towards money other than I know that money is able to help us get ahead in certain aspects. It helps us to live in a way that can help ourselves and our families to be able to do the Lord’s will and what He wants us to do. Money can’t buy us happiness or fix our health or bring someone back from the dead. \We can use money to help us with our health such as using money to buy a gym membership or personal trainer. Money can help us get ahead and can affect the way we live. Having a healthy attitude with money can help us to have financial security, and not to have to worry about our needs. The way that we view money can also affect the way we live such as using money not within our means. The Lord does want us to be self-reliant, and so he expects us to work hard for the things that we need. Brother Gibson shares the scripture Mosiah 1:7 and lists 6 rules from this scripture if we want to prosper. They are: Rule 1. Seek the Lords and have hope in Him. Rule 2. Keep the commandments, that includes the temporal ones, tithing and fast offerings. Rule 3. Think about money and plan how you can become self-reliant Rule 4. Take advantage of chances for learning so you will not be ignorant of these matters (being educated) Rule 5. Learn the laws upon which the blessings of wealth are predicated. Rule 6. Do not send away the naked, the hungry, the thirsty or the sick or those who are held captive. I did like these rules that Brother Gibson specifically lists because it’s what we should do and what the Lord wants us to do as well.