What Are Our Motives?

"You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives" (James 4:3)

What are our motives beind every plan, every decision and every action?
How do we know when we have the wrong motives?
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matt 6:33)

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow; it judges the thought and attitudes of the heart" (Heb 4:12)