Trying to make someone happy can be very difficult.
This level of difficulty increases when you remember that the person you are trying to please in God, the maker of the Universe.
Thankfully, the Bible has taken the pressure off by telling us exactly what to do and why.
Here are 10 Bible verses on how and why to please God.
1. Psalm 147:10-11; "His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior; the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love."
2. Hebrews 11:6; "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
3. Romans 12:1-2; "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
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4. Hebrews 13:16; "Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."
5. Proverbs 16:7; "When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them."
6. Romans 8:8; "Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."
7. John 8:29; "And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:4; "But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts."
9. John 5:30; "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me."
10. Psalm 69:30-31; "I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs."