Guard Against These Pleasing man. Jn 12:43, 1 Thes 2:4, Gal 1:10. Why even worry about making friends by being a man pleaser.  Men are very hard to please because you aren’t ever certain what it’s going to take to keep them happy.  When you are a man-pleaser, you aren’t...

Pleasing God 1 Thes. 4:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Thes 4:1 says, “Ye ought to walk and to please God.”  This lesson is about pleasing God.  And not just about pleasing God once but abounding more and more in pleasing God. You cannot please God and be a: Self-pleaser –...

Before the end of Joshua’s ministry, in Jos 24:14-18, he challenged the people of Israel to choose whom they would serve.  He said, “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”  He made a conscious choice to serve the Lord.  The people were adamant in their reply,...

Rom 15:3 says, “For even Christ pleased not himself.”  In order for Christ to please his Father, he could not please himself.  In the garden of Gethsemane, for instance, it would have pleased Jesus if he could have avoided bearing our sins in his own body on the tree [1...

Do I Seek to Please Men Prov. 29 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many of us grew up as people pleasers.  However, after we are saved, continuing to live as a people pleaser can get you into a lot of trouble.  Thus, we want to see what the Bible says about pleasing...

Serving the Lord Rom. 12:9-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Serving the Lord is the duty and the privilege of every child of God. Why wouldn’t we want to serve him?  He saved us from hell.  He forgave us all of our sin and remembers nothing that we ever did against him. ...