I have a confession to make. I am a recovering people pleaser - and I still struggle with it today.

As my faith has grown, I've discovered there's a very fine line between people pleasing vs. loving and serving others as God calls us to.

So here's my question for you today.

How do you know when you're taking action for all the right reasons or all the wrong reasons?

The wrong reasons? To gain others love, acceptance, and approval.

The right reasons? Because you truly want to from a place of love.

The truth is people pleasing is a big fat lie -- both to yourself and to those you're doing it for.

And a life filled with people pleasing leads to many negative emotions like resentment, guilt, overwhelm, and obligation.

What I've figured out is it's important to take some time to think about how this applies to your life and the things you do for others.

You might be surprised by what you discover.

Join me to learn how to determine if you're people pleasing or loving others and - if you discover you're people pleasing - what steps you can take to change that.

Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.  Galatians 1:10