Before you spend that first paycheck, tithe a thank-you to the One who gave you working hands.

A first paycheck arrives feeling like yours, and in one sense it is. It also came through hands that work, a body that showed up, and a set of chances you did not arrange. Giving a portion away before you spend any of it says that out loud with something other than words.

Decide the percentage now, before the money is in your account and already spoken for. Give it first rather than out of what is left, since there is never anything left. Keep it modest enough that you will do it every time, because the habit is the point and not the total.