1 Thessalonians 4:1 "Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please, God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more."
I've been thinking quite a bit on how we put so much emphasis in our culture on making sure that we know
God loves us just the way we are. We can't make God love us more. But we very rarely talk about living in a way that pleases God. I guess we just assume that God is pleased with us no matter what we do.
The bible certainly doesn't ever say that. We can live to please God. We should live to please God. not in order to make him love us, but because he loves us. i want to please him, because he loves me.
Whenever I felt tempted this past week, i declared to myself "He loves me". That really helped. I need to focus on that phrase more and more. "He loves me". So that i remember the reason why i want to please Him.
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