1 Thessalonians 2:3-6
For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed--God is our witness. We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you.
Seeking attention for self is a serious spiritual problem. It affects your motives, hearts and minds before God . God always tests our hearts and minds to see if there are ulterior motives in our actions. Are you trying to please men or God? If you are trying to please men, you will speak, behave and act like the world in obedience to the sinful nature of the Devil in you. If you are not, you will seek to obey everything Christ our Lord had commanded so that the divine nature of Christ will be formed in you eternally. Whom are you seeking approval from? If you are seeking approval from the world, then you will reject everything Christ had commanded. This self-seeking motives and actions projects itself from the sinful nature of the Devil in you. Are you seeking to be accepted by the world or do you seek to be approved by the LORD? If you seek to be approved by the LORD, then you will not be obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You know that they who obey the sinful nature of the Devil in them, will do anything just to seek attention from others and please others for their own selfish needs and wants.