Q. So you say the purpose of earning and saving is giving. To what or whom should we give?
A. First you should give to yourself–food, clothes, shelter–what moderate living requires. Second, you should give to your family and employees providing for their needs. Third, if there is still money left, you should give to the household of faith–other Christians. Fourth, you should give to all men in need.
Keith Drury’s paraphrased answers to contemporary questions from John Wesley’s sermons. Answer adapted from Sermon 50: The Use of Money.