Can i please god

With God, no one could ever be pleasing to Him based on performance. His standard is perfection, and no goodness on our part can ever compensate for our sins. It takes the precious blood of Jesus to do that. When we put our faith in Jesus as our Savior, we are pleasing God. Faith comes from the heart Rom. Of course, God sees our actions and will deal with us about them, but only because they are inseparably linked to our hearts Prov.

A person whose actions are not right but who trusts the Lord is more pleasing to God than an individual who is doing the right things but has no faith in God. That would put some of the followers of other religions ahead of many Christians, but that is not what the Bible teaches.

But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. The choice should be the obvious. He made some serious mistakes. He ran in the face of persecution and became so depressed over it that he asked the Lord to kill him 1 Kin.

The Lord gave him three direct commands in an audible voice 1 Kin. Even though our heart conditions influence our actions, we all fail in our performance to some degree. Elijah did. If God used performance as the basis of whether or not He was pleased with us, no one would ever pass the test. Now I put my faith in Jesus.

It ultimately does no good to pursue volunteer work for God if doing so leaves you without enough time or energy to keep growing closer to God Himself every day. Give cheerfully. Rather than tithing to your church and donating to charities out of a sense of duty, do so cheerfully by identifying specific needs that your financial support will help meet and enjoying the satisfaction that comes from being a vital part of solving problems and growing into a more generous and loving person.

Devote one day per week to genuine rest. Celebrate the Sabbath day as the gift from God that it is by doing only activities that you find relaxing and enjoyable during that one day each week. Find creative ways to love the difficult people in your life. God will help you to treat people with respect and kindness, and to forgive them while setting healthy boundaries.

Carefully consider whether or not to take on new responsibilities. If you take on a responsibility without considering it carefully, it could lead to stress, failure, and guilt rather than good results. Think and pray carefully about each potential new responsibility, considering whether or not it is really worth your attention and effort during this season of your life.

Choose mercy over sacrifice. Rather than trying to please God by making sacrifices such as avoiding a guilty pleasure , focus on loving God back by letting His love flow through you and out into the world, bringing mercy to people who need to experience it. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous that is, an idolater , has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice. So that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,. What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.

He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—.

That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load. Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

And burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.