http://www.everydaydevos.com/2009/09/sell-your-possessions-and-give-to-poor.html
In this American culture we do not sell our possessions, we accumulate them! The only time we sell a possession is when we’ve upgraded and want to get rid of the old model.

Sell your stuff and do what with the money? Give it to the poor.

Luke 12:13-34