When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive.

Give worshipfully. Our giving is a reflexive response to God's grace. It doesn't come out of our altruism - it comes out of the transforming work of Christ in us.

Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

What you do with your resources in this life is your autobiography.