Instead of buying that new HD TV ...

pay to restore the electricity for someone who's service has been turned off for inability to pay the bill, or pay the back taxes for someone who's house is being foreclosed on because of property taxes being in arrears.

The reason for having a job, as given in Ephesians 4:28, is "so that [we have] something to share with anyone in need".

And here's one I've never noticed before: Luke 11:39-41

39Then the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41But give what is inside the dish to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

Notice verse 41.

Awesome.