{"id":3864,"date":"2025-04-12T22:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T22:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2025-04-12T22:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T22:15:25","slug":"how-to-and-what-pleases-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/how-to-and-what-pleases-god\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO AND WHAT PLEASES GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pray to please God and to do of his good pleasure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Praying that the brethren might please God (Colossians 1:9-11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Pray that the brethren would fulfill God\u2019s pleasure (II Thessalonians 1:11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What pleases God?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Obedience to parents (Colossians 3:20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Speaking the gospel (I Thessalonians 2:4; I Corinthians 1:21)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Uprightness (I Chronicles 29:17-22; Proverbs 14:2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Your prosperity (Psalm 35:27)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Those that fear him (Psalm 147:11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. His people (Psalm 149:4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Praising God in song and magnifying him with thanksgiving (Psalm 69:30-31)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Giving us the kingdom (Luke 12:32)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Predestinating us unto the adoption of children (Ephesians 1:5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Making known unto us the mystery his will (Ephesians 1:9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. His creation (Revelation 4:11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Blessing Israel (Numbers 24:1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. With the sacrifice of the righteous (Psalm 51:19)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Not entangling yourself with the affairs of this life (II Timothy 2:4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. To do justly, and love mercy, and to walk humbly with God (Micah 6:6-8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Enoch pleased God (Hebrews 13:16; Genesis 5:21-24)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Jesus (John 8:29)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. To bruise the Messiah (Isaiah 53:10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. When we ask for discernment between good and evil and an understanding heart
      (I Kings 3:5-14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Your faith is a prerequisite for pleasing God (Hebrews 11:6)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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