Do I Serve to Receive Love or in Response to Love Received?

Praying that God will increasingly work in my life to eliminate any sinful tendency to invest myself in ministry as a route to being loved (gaining acceptance, approval, a sense of significance) and replace that fallen motivation with a consistent passion for ministry as a response to God's love for me and as a reflection of His love to others. "...but through love serve one another" (Gal.5:13b).