Too often, Christians think of hypocrites as people who do one thing but feel another. But that’s not hypocrisy. Hypocrites publicize one set of beliefs but live by a different set of beliefs. When you come to church but don’t feel like it, that’s more like faithfulness. When you do the right thing in your marriage even when you don’t feel much in love, that’s fidelity. I’ve heart too many times, ‘Pastor, I would be a hypocrite to stay in this marriage because I’m not in love anymore.’ Or, ‘I would be a hypocrite to come to worship when I don’t feel like worshipping.’ Or, ‘I would be a hypocrite to pray since I’m not sure what I believe and feel distant.’ Doing what is right when you don’t feel like doing what is right is maturity. Professing one thing in public but living a different way in private in hypocrisy.

Kevin DeYoung, The Lord’s Prayer, pg. 17