Give Out Of The Wealth That God Has Given Us

As we think about Philippians 4 and how we ought to give, consider the words of English scholar and Christian apologist, C. S. Lewis:

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them. – C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1952), 81-82.

Here are some other helpful thoughts and strategies to consider:

Graduated Tithe: A Giving Strategy

Practice of Tithing as the Minimum Standard of Christian Giving

Ten Principles of Christian Giving