If you are asked to give to a worthy cause, but decline because you remember the new clothes, phone or car you want to purchase, will Jesus forgive you?

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

If you are asked to give to a worthy cause, but decline because you remember the new clothes, phone or car you want to purchase, will Jesus forgive you?

Well, yes, Jesus forgives us our sins when we truly are sorry for them and ask His forgiveness, but if that's just an easy-out for us every time we are asked to help the less fortunate or other worthy cause, Jesus knows that, as well!

If we give, but are resentful about doing it, remember the underlined portion of the verses above. This part is especially significant for me. There have been so many times I've been asked to donate or to do something for a good cause, where I really drag my feet. When I'm prayerful about it, Jesus give me the heart to do His will. Sometimes He doesn't want me to be on every committee there is at church. Sometimes, He doesn't want me to donate to every cause out there, but He knows which causes He wants me to be involved in. If I'm truly prayerful, He will guide me on these.

Some worry that if they donate to worthy causes, it will negatively impact their finances, so that they don't have enough to provide for their own families. Note the following verses: 
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever. (Psalm 112:9) Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving though us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:7-11