Option 1: Show Off Your Righteousness

"If you make charitable gifts to demonstrate your own generosity, you will get the admiration of the world - but that is all you will ever get. That is your payment in full." - William Barclay

Option 2: Quietly Congratulate Yourself

"So subtle is the sinfulness of the heart that it is possible to take deliberate steps to keep our giving secret from men while simultaneously dwelling on it in our own minds in a spirit of self-congratulation." - John Stott

"By his words 'Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,' Jesus was sounding the death-knell of the old man, for self-centredness belongs to the old life; the new life in Christ is one of uncalculating generosity." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Option 3: Looking for the Approval of the Father

"Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." - Jesus, Matthew 6:4