Why we do what we do is of great importance to God, ... if for recognition, God says "We have received our reward in full".  But He also says that if we do our service in "secret", then our Father in heaven will reward us.  Doing the right things for the right reasons is key.   Let it be your "secret service" to Him.

How we respond to others makes a difference to our spiritual lives. In Matthew 5:38-48 Jesus teaches during his Sermon on the Mount how Christians should guard against the attitude of retaliation.