Love the Lord your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your mind
and find out what pleases the Lord.
Matthew 22:37 & Ephesians 5:10
Loving somebody and wanting to please them go hand in hand. This is a natural connection — a relationship connection that the Lord wants to have with us. Recently, I have been noticing many verses that mention some form of the word “please,”and I would like to share some of them with you:
We have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and to love one another as He commanded us. (1 John 3:21-23)
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. (Romans 8:8)
Jesus said, “The one who sent me is with me; He has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.” (John 8:29)
I urge you in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1)
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men. (Romans 14:17-18)
My righteous one will live by faith. I will not be pleased with the one who shrinks back. (Hebrews 10:39)
We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. (1 Thessalonians 2:1)
Since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:9-10)
And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” (Exodus 33:17)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
“Is this pleasing in your sight Lord?” is a question that should filter our thoughts and actions. A great love for the Lord is the motivation for wanting every aspect of our lives to be pleasing to Him.
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