We give because God gave first. Paul put it this way: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Everything we have is from Him, and generosity is how we answer that gift. Money has a way of showing what we trust and what we treasure. When we give, we put our confidence in God instead of in what we can hold onto, and we join the work He is doing through this church. That work carries the gospel into our city and beyond our walls. We want every part of life to honor Him. Our finances are not an exception.