“Who Are You Pleasing?”
GREETINGS FROM THE TEMPLE …
“Who Are You Pleasing?”
During last Sunday’s morning worship service, “How I Love Matters” (part -3) Pastor Brice gave us two questions:
God, am I pleasing You?
God, what do You expect of me?
Time to go into your private prayer closet. Pray – Expect – Follow! Since we were born into worldly sin, we will never be able to please God 100% of the time. Therefore, we should make it our daily mission to serve God to the best of our ability. We can and will fall short, but we must get back up and try again. Stay in Word – prayer – worship. Keep striving!
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence.” – Hebrews 4:16 (NIV).
Pastor Brice also gave us the benefits of God being Our Father. God is patient – God is approachable – God has our best interest in mind – God has perfect timing.
“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do because you are his dear children.” – Ephesians 5:1 (NLT).
“If we love Him – we will be like Him.” – Pastor Victor S. Brice
This is the key to how our love matters. We must make loving God our foundation. Put Him first! Imitate Him – be like Him! Then watch how everything else falls into place. When you love God and participate in the practice of Godly love (Agape love) you will have a winning combination. Take note of the words: participate & practice. These two words are here to remind you that the road to Agape love will not be easy. It is not easy to love someone while you are being belittled – slandered – racially profiled – persecuted, etc. It will take a lot of patience (like God) and practice.
So, when you ask God the above two questions be ready for His answer. To please Him you may have to make some changes in your life. (This is good.) Also, get ready to be of service to Him because He will let you know what He expects of you. Some police departments have adopted the motto: “To protect and to serve.” Well, believers since we love God and love each other, our motto should be: “To Love and to Serve.”
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