Thus, one sure way to increase our love for others or other things is to sacrifice of ourselves for them. When we sacrifice our talents or our earthly or academic honors or our increasingly limited time on the altar to God, the act of sacrifice binds our hearts to Him, and we feel our love for Him increase. When we render any service in the kingdom—be it teaching a Relief Society lesson or dry pack canning at Welfare Square—it will be of much less value to us if we only see it as a “To Do” item to be checked off in our Franklin Planner. But if we visualize ourselves laying on the altar to God our talents or our time commitment, such as in attending an inconvenient church meeting, then our sacrifice becomes personal and devotional to Him. – Henry B. Eyring, “On Becoming a Disciple Scholar,” p.80