Saying, "I'm Doing This For God--Not For You."

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Is this a sin?

Sometimes when I am angry at my wife and she wants me to do something, I won't do it. Then after a while and some praying I get convicted and know deep down God wants me to do good things, so I come out of my room and agree to do whatever it is she wanted me to do and I say, "I'm doing this for God because He wants me to--not for you." Is this a sinful thing to say?

And if I do a good deed for my wife like clean the house, I usually always do it because I am prompted by God to do a good deed for Him--I rarely do something out of the goodness of my heart for my wife and I feel so bad because of that.
 
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I think you would benefit from reading and meditating on Ephesians chapter 5.
 
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It sounds like you are are the start of that..."taking every thought captive" place.When we go against our flesh,in order to bless God and others....WOW! But as a woman...do think of the ways you can bless your beautiful bride!...and I am sure you will receive blessings in return...:eek:
 
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Thanks you and I know the Scripture where you are referring to. And I should amend what I said about "rarely" doing something good for my wife out of the goodness of my heart. After reading that again it was not very accurate. I do many, but maybe half of the things I do good for her will be because I think God would want me to if I am being honest.
 
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song said:
It sounds like you are are the start of that..."taking every thought captive" place.When we go against our flesh,in order to bless God and others....WOW! But as a woman...do think of the ways you can bless your beautiful bride!...and I am sure you will receive blessings in return...:eek:
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I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean here? Can you explain.
 
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Is this a sin?

Sometimes when I am angry at my wife and she wants me to do something, I won't do it. Then after a while and some praying I get convicted and know deep down God wants me to do good things, so I come out of my room and agree to do whatever it is she wanted me to do and I say, "I'm doing this for God because He wants me to--not for you." Is this a sinful thing to say?

And if I do a good deed for my wife like clean the house, I usually always do it because I am prompted by God to do a good deed for Him--I rarely do something out of the goodness of my heart for my wife and I feel so bad because of that.
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Remember the golden rule. :)

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]
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