Living a life that honors God is a central theme in Scripture, with the apostle Paul writing that we should strive to please Him in all we do. According to Hebrews, faith is essential to pleasing God, as it is impossible to please Him without it. In 1 Thessalonians, Paul notes that his ministry was aimed at pleasing God rather than people, while Proverbs observes that when God is pleased with someone, even their enemies will be at peace with them. By surrendering to God's will, as described in Romans, we can live a life that is pleasing to Him, transformed by the renewing of our minds.
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Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.