“In our century, we think God is making us rich as a testimony to the world of how great God is blessing us. In reality, God blesses us so we will grow as givers, and be generous. We should be the most caring, sensitive, giving, most sacrificial and abundantly willing to respond to needy people in the world. We are to lovingly transfer the title of all we have back to God, the rightful Owner, and say to Him, “Lord, the more you bless me, the more I want to be generous and give to your kingdom.”
John S. Barnett in Discipline Yourself for Godliness (Tulsa: Müllerhaus Publishing, 2007) 143.