Guard Against These
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 a God-pleaser. When you please […]
By Faith Enoch, Heb 11:5-6
Our text is Heb 11:5-6, which speaks of Enoch’s faith and his translation to heaven. Companion passages are Gen 5:21-24 and Jude 14-15. When you read these passages together, you get a good picture of Enoch’s life and the role of faith in his life. By faith Enoch did some things. When Enoch was 65 […]
Things that please God
Things that Please God (Revelation 4:11) After reading through the entire Bible, we find a very unique verse in the book of Revelation. This verse shows the reason for why God created everything that he created. Everything was created for his pleasure. This includes man and give us the answer to why we are here. […]
The Faith that Pleases God, Heb 11:5-6
The Faith That Pleases God What is essential to pleasing God. Giving? Attending church? Witnessing? Praying? What is the key to pleasing God? What is the one thing without which we cannot please God? Faith, and particularly, the faith that pleases God. Heb 11:5-6, says, “Without faith it is impossible to please him.” Enoch had […]
What Pleases God, 1 Thes 4:1
Many of us grew up as people pleasers. We tried to please our parents. But the frustration seemed to always be that we were never good enough. The harder we tried, the harder it became to please them. Some of us just gave up trying. We have a tendency, then, to transfer this same behavior […]
Wayne Sehmish – Doing Good, Acts 3:1-10
This sermon was preached by Dr. Waynes Sehmish. The text is Acts 3:1-10. The summary of the sermon is that we should do good because doing good is pleasing to the Lord. Jesus went about doing good [Acts 10:38]. Thus, we should do good to please the Lord. And we shouldn’t be concerned whether we […]
Ye Ought to Please God 1 Thes 4:1
Ye Ought to Please God 1 Thes. 4:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO According to Paul, in 1 Thes 4:1, you ought to please God and abound more and more. In other words, you ought to find out what pleases God, do what pleases God and, as you grow, please him more and more. That’s what Jesus […]
Do I Seek to Please Men Prov. 29:25
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 men and how to break […]
You Choose Joshua 24:1-9
You Choose Joshua 24:1-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In life you choose and you live by the consequences of your choices. In the Bible, God chose some things. He chose the people, Israel [Deut 7:7], he chose the priest, Aaron [Num 17:5], he chose the place, Jerusalem [Deut 12:5], he chose the prince, David [1 […]
Is our goal pleasing God?
Is Our Goal Pleasing God (Colossians 1:10 and Galatians 1:10) In this lesson we are going to be looking at the subject of what is pleasing to God. Noting that if something is pleasing unto God then as saved born again children of God our main goal should be pleasing our father. If our main […]