"...God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." is absolutely the difference between working to justify ourselves and showing appreciation for God's working in our lives. Besides, "Jesus answered, 'The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.' ” and Micah 6:8.

One caution to the first group is that sometimes when we think we are helping, we are actually hurting or at least getting in the way - either in the natural sese or the spiritual.