Already, continued.

I hear people say, "Well, I'm going to do this for God just because He asked me to, or just because the Word says I'm supposed to....and leave the results in His hands. So WHY are they doing anything in the first place? Do they think God doesn't want them to have any results?
You need to be claiming your desired results, because that is what God promised. It's amazing to see how many Believers never get anywhere, because they think "Do something bad...and God is gonna smack you hard!" So what happens if I do something good, or if I give something? Well, I give and it will be given unto me....more than I gave. (30 60 or 100 fold). We would think badly of a farmer who planted his seeds and then let his harvest rot in the soil. No, that farmer expects his return, and he goes and gets it. What a correlation.
John 10:10 says "I am come that they might have life...more abundantly, but the thief comes not but to kill, steal, and destroy." This is NOT just referring to eternal life. Does religion really think that is all Jesus' resurrection is good for (!!!). NO. Isn't it logical to think that it must be able to do us some kind of good, here and now on earth? I think so. But if your mind is closed off to this kind of thinking, then you'll probably be a while. I very forcefully cut myself off from the working of the Holy Spirit in the past (yes, I AM talking about speaking in tongues....as in my personal prayer language, not just foreign tongues), and now its awesome to see the transformation in my spirit! At my former college, I was taught that speaking in tongues was basically a sign of judgment on Believers. It's such a pathetic excuse, I know, but not that hard to make yourself believe when you don't have anything else besides independent, fundamental, baptist religion to hang on to. I did not live in freedom. I lived without the fullness of the Holy Ghost, having never been baptised in Him. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. I didn't live in liberty, either. Living with junk does NOT bring glory to God. Somehow, people convince themselves that this illogical thesis is true, and then usually end up dying early. Oh, of course they are good people with honest and sincere intentions, and with hearts for God, but still deal with so much pain in life. Jesus said that through his poverty I could be rich. Rich. Please don't disqualify...go ahead take it literally. It's late...and that's a whole extra sack of worms to open up...later.