The message from Victoria Osteen (VO) is that we worship God for ourselves. Here’s the quote:

So, I just want to encourage everyone of us to realize, when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God—(I mean that’s one way to look at it)—we’re doing it for ourself because God takes pleasure when we’re happy! That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy this morning. So I want you to know this morning, just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself! Because that’s what makes God happy! Amen?

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Why is this statement so obviously wrong and troubling? It is because it  takes our worship of God and the purpose for that worship and centers it in…