Faith without Works is Dead

Faith without works is dead.

"What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,' but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
But someone will say, 'You have faith, and I have works.' Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.' And he was called the friend of God.
You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only."
James 2:14-24

Works alone do not please God. One should have faith and works. God takes into account the heart and intentions. If you do not even believe that what you are doing is right, then why should God be pleased with your motives? If you feed a hungry person, yet don't even have any compassion while doing so, why should God count that as righteousness on your side?

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
Hebrew 11:6

So now that we have faith, we should also do good works, but in order to do good works, we should know what they are. . .

First of all I'd like to quote,
"To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice."
Proverbs 21:3

So in other words, perhaps just destroying things you personally love, isn't necessarily going to please God much simply because you're making yourself suffer. . . The point is not suffering, it is obeying. And the point of all suffering is so that we will eventually repent and be submissive to Him and obey Him.

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
'Honor your father and mother,' which is the first commandment with promise:
'that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.'
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him."
Ephesians 6:1-9

"Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being."
1 Corinthians 10:24

We should learn to differentiate between lust of the flesh and the fruit of the spirit. I think that is a big key to knowing what God wants us to avoid or encourage.

"For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."
Galatians 5:17-26

Now I admit, I have some trouble myself distinguishing between some of those. I ask, I myself wish to understand this, how does one distinguish between "joy" and "passion"? Isn't there a "wrong-passion" and an "ok-passion"? How can one distinguish?

Oh and I'd like to add a little passage for someone like myself:

"Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him."
Proverbs 29:20

See that says a lot about me.....