{"id":218,"date":"2021-09-27T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=218"},"modified":"2022-02-08T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T22:47:11","slug":"pleasing-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/09\/27\/pleasing-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleasing God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>\u201cW<\/b>hen you work to please God, you will have blessings on your hands.<b>\u201d<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><i><sup>23<\/sup><\/i><i>And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;&nbsp;<sup>24<\/sup>Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>Colossians 3:23-24&nbsp; <\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><sup>1<\/sup><\/i><i>Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.<b><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>I Thessalonians 4:1<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>Romans 8:8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"en-KJV-30257\" class=\"text Heb-13-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.<\/span><span id=\"en-KJV-30258\" class=\"text Heb-13-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Hebrew 13:15-17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many benefits to pleasing God! You are already His child and if you are born again you have been made righteous. We do not work to be righteous or to be loved. However, there are things that we can do to please God. When we walk in love it is pleasing to God. When we worship and praise Him we please God. When we work to fulfill the will of God and not the will of our flesh we please God. Why do we want to please God? Well he is our Father! So our love relationship with Him should move us in that direction naturally. But another good reason to please God is that He wants to bless us! Our obedience to God in our daily life opens the door for God to bless us in many ways. When we honor His Word and obey His voice we are going to be blessed!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Victory Action<\/b><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Today I will do that which pleases God and know in my heart it will open the door to His goodness being revealed in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you work to please God, you will have blessings on your hands.\u201d 23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;&nbsp;24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 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