God's money has a higher purpose than my affluence ... Giving affirms Christ's lordship. It dethrones me and exalts Him. ... it shifts my vested interests from earth to heaven - from self to God. Giving breaks me free from the gravitational hold of money and possessions. Giving shifts me to a new centre of gravity - heaven
The world asks, 'What does a man own?' Christ asks, 'How does he use it?'
You can give without loving. But you cannot love without giving.
The less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.
The person who thinks the money he makes is meant mainly to increase his comforts on earth is a fool, Jesus says. Wise people know that all their money belongs to God and should be used to show that God, and not money, is their treasure, their comfort, their joy, and their security.
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. ... Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor.
Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?
So many suffer so much while so few sacrifice so little
