Sermon in a Sentence: First and foremost God must be glorified in our giving.

I. To Glorify God We Must Give Purposefully (2 Cor. 8.1-5)

II. To Glorify God We Must Give Positively (2 Cor. 9.6,7)

III. To Glorify God We Must Give Proportionately (2 Cor. 8.12)

• A. Tithes (Gen. 14.20;28.22;Lev. 27.30-34)
• B. Offerings (1 Cor. 16.1,2;2 Cor. 9.1)

IV. To Glorify God We Must Give Persistently

Every Lord' Day (1 Cor. 16.2)

V. To Glorify God We Must Give Positively

In faith expecting God's Reward

(Prov. 3.9,10;Mal. 3.10;2 Cor. 9.6)