There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, mind, and the purse.
Giving
Catherine Marshall
I have observed that when any of us embarks on the pursuit of happiness for ourselves, it eludes us. Often I’ve asked myself why. It must be because happiness comes to us only as a dividend. When we become absorbed in something demanding and worthwhile above and beyond ourselves, happiness seems to be there as a by-product of the self-giving. That should not be a startling truth, yet I’m surprised by how few people understand and accept it. Have we made a god of happiness?
John Wesley
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?
Christine Caine
Be confident that God will take your little and make it much. You may think your brokenness has disqualified you, but your brokenness is often the very thing that is used by God to bring hope, restoration, and grace to others. God is always working on us and in us for our good and His glory.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Giving is true having.
Chaplain Magazine
Charles Spurgeon and his wife would sell, but refuse to give away, the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, “You may have them if you pay for them.” As a result, some people labeled the Spurgeons greedy and grasping. They accepted the criticisms without defending themselves, and only after Mrs. Spurgeon died was the full story revealed. All the profits from the sale of eggs went to support two elderly widows. Because the Spurgeons were unwilling to let their left hand know what the right hand was doing (Matthew 6:3), they endured the attacks in silence.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never been compromised. That truth is that it is beyond the realm of possibilities that one has the ability to out give God. Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.
Amy Carmichael
If there be any reserve in my giving to Him who so loved that He gave His Dearest for me; if there be a secret “but” in my prayer, “Anything but *that*, Lord,” then I know nothing of Calvary love.
C. S. Lewis
The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live at the same level of affluence as other people who have our level of income, we are probably giving away too little.
Author Unknown
During Old Testament times a freewill offering was a completely voluntary offering. It was done in celebration of God out of thankfulness for what He has done for us, and for His people. And this is still the same for us today. However, the greatest freewill offering we can give our Creator is our hearts. We give our hearts to God through Christ Jesus our Lord and our faith in Him alone. And we do so with the utmost joy and celebration because of our love for Him.