Matthew 6:1 says, Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.   We are not to give to God simply so others might make note of or brag about our giving.  If we do give simply so others might notice us, then we have our reward already, and that is the praise of men.  Whatever we do for God should be for His glory and not our own.  Verse two states, Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  As always, I believe this goes to our attitude and intention.  It is not always possible to keep our giving to God from going unnoticed, but we are not to be the ones to call attention to it.  As a matter of fact, we should attempt to ensure that it goes unnoticed by other people.  Whatever we do for God should be done to bring honor to Him and not attention to ourselves.  Verse three states, But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:  I believe that this means that we are to not even acknowledge to ourselves what we give to God so that we can secretly praise ourselves.  I know that it is impossible to not know what we give to God, but we should give with the attitude that even we ourselves do not acknowledge what we have given.  We need to remember that whatever we give is already God's to begin with.  Verse four says, That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.  We may want the church to keep a record of what we give, and the church really needs to keep a record of what is given for the sake of accountability, but this should never be done so that one person can be praised and another looked down on.  The person giving should never draw attention to how much he or she has given or is giving.  We are to give, as we are to live, so that God receives the glory.