Boasting - Who Needs It

Boasting- Who Needs It It is human nature to want to feel good about ourselves and to be noticed by others. But do we need to focus on our deed rather than the need? When you do for others, tell no one. If you can keep the receiver from knowing who you are - even better. God knows what we all do. If we are looking with our spirit rather than our ego, we will see our feel good moments in our lives every day. God had made it so that our rewards are not only for now, but the joy of gifts of giving will continue for eternity There is no need to boast to Him about what we do from the heart. Matthew 6: 1-6,16-18 ‘Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. ‘And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 'And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.