Getting praise for Jesus instead of me

Listening to John Piper preach on the tree of knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2-3...

Piper made the point that the tree basically represents man's temptation and decision to dethrone God and put ourselves in his place. Which got me thinking about pride and how I spend so much of my time trying to get praise for myself instead of praise for God. As I reflected, I was shocked by how much of what I do is to get self-approval (i.e. praise for myself from myself!).

How much better life would be if I spent my time getting praise for God from myself and others! [Hence the name and aim of this blog.]