Our first and foremost intention must be to please God with our good actions. For Actions to be good, we must have pure intentions to do the actions for sake of Allah alone and they must be based upon the sunnah of the messenger of Allah (peace be upon Him). As for good deeds and awaiting /expecting their reward: IT is to be sought for!
=) Pray for Allah swt to guide us all to follow,understand and practise Islam in best manners.
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