Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes can be the training wheels to launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving.

Give deliberately. Giving is at its best when it's a conscious effort that's repeatedly made.

Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not natural—they are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We long for a return to Paradise—a perfect world, without the corruption of sin, where God walks with us and talks with us in the cool of the day.

Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

Statistics show that a soldier's chances of survival in the front lines of combat are greater than the chances of an unborn child avoiding abortion. What should be the safest place to live in America - a mother's womb - is now the most dangerous place.

Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving.