How Do You Please God?

And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
Heb 11:6 (NLT)


When I read the verse above today it hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve heard my Mom say it time and time again growing up, but when I read it today it just really hit me hard. I try so hard to please God, but sometimes my faith wavers and I find myself trying to do for myself what only God can do for me. But today I was reminded, that without faith it is impossible to please God. Impossible.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Heb 11:1 (NLT) Personally, my faith wavers when I can't see what God has promised me. When things look bleak, I sometimes forget the promises that God has made to me. But I am remembering that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb 11:1 KJV and that without faith it is impossible to please God.

Pain Don't Last Always

God spoke these words to me today "Pain doesn't last always." I didn't audibly hear the voice of God, but He spoke those words to my spirit today in His own way. I used to wonder how to hear from God but I learned that through prayer and through paying attention we can hear God speak to us every day. One way God speaks to us is through coincidences. Like today, on two seperate occassions (within about an hour) I heard two seperate people say "pain doesn't last always." And I believe that was God's message to me today.

Pain doesn't last always.
In my personal life I've experienced a lot of pain, just like I'm sure you have as well. I went thru a divorce last year, and the pain of breaking that bond, and now being alone, has been difficult for me to deal with. Sometimes I feel fine, and like I don't need anyone. And other times I feel like I just can't take being alone anymore. The following verses capture my sentiments at times...

The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
I will never forget this awful time,as I grieve over my loss
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;his mercies begin afresh each morning.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”
The Lord is good to those who depend on him,to those who search for him.
So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.
And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline:
Let them sit alone in silence beneath the Lord’s demands.
Let them lie face down in the dust,for there may be hope at last.
Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies.
For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.
Lam 3:19-33 (NLT)

Pain doesn't last always because of the hope Jesus Christ gives us. No situation is beyond the reach of God's Love.

Bishop Noel Jones Preaching on How to be Successfully Single

This series of sermons touched on so many things that I've gone thru as a single Christian. He talks about the different roles of men and women in relationships and the position each should be in when they get married. He especially focuses on the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, and how their sin was a result of Adam putting the gift of God [Eve] ahead of God. He also talks about sex in marriage and how men and women view it so differently.

Single Sex and the 80/20 Rule pt 1

My Testimony Video - The Woman Who Was a Sinner

My Testimony: Why I LOVE Him Like I Do

“I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”
Luke 7:47 (NLT)