What's being said here is a matter of motivation: the need to be rec…

…What's being said here is a matter of motivation.
…Are you doing it for your own approval, praise, and glory?
…Or are you doing it for the Lord, to please Him?

Good deeds done not for the Lord, but to be praised by others, or to please yourself, are hypocrisy…😱.

The good deeds of the scribes and Pharisees…were not acts of sincerity…they were acts of favor displayed in public.

We are told to live not in the public eye, but in the presence of God, to live with God's eyes, not the eyes of men…
…Everyone has a desire for approval, and we live with people in mind.
We have a desire for the evaluation and praise of visible people rather than the invisible God…😰
…I used to have a terrible inferiority complex…
I had a terrible complex…😵
I was always comparing myself to others.
…After meeting Jesus…I gradually…was freed from these things.

…When we come to know the greatness of Jesus and are gradually transformed into people who are more like Christ…
We begin to fear God❗️.
Even when no one is watching…Jesus is watching.
Your figure…when you are praying 🛐
Your figure…when you are praising God.
He also knows that you want to be of service to others…
…Acts 10:4.

“Your prayer and your giving are remembered before God.”
…
Shalom 😀

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.