Friday, August 22, 2008

Fifty Ways to Please God

1 Without faith it is impossible to please [God] (Hebrews 11:6).

2 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31).

3 He that believeth on the Son [Jesus Christ] hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him (John 3:36).

4 Believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life (1 John 5:13).

5 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve (Matt. 4:10).

6 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33).

7 Worship [God] ... in Spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

8 Obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29).

9 Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto unto God (Romans 12:1).

10 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

11 Desire spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 14:1).

12 Stand fast in the faith (1 Cor. 16:13).

13 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God (Ephesians 4:30).

14 Be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18).

15 Study to show thyself approved unto God ... rightly dividing the Word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom (Colossians 3:16).

17 Seek those things which are above ... set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth (Colossians 3:1,2).

18 Rejoice in the Lord alway (Phil. 4:4).

19 Praying ... in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18).

20 Pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17).

21 Quench not the Spirit (1 Thess. 5:19).

22 Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him (Colossians 3:17).

23 In every thing give thanks (1 Thess. 5:18).

24 Offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually (Hebrews 13:15).

25 Press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14).

26 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me (Matthew 11:29).

27 Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour (2 Peter 3:18).

28 Sanctify the Lord God in your heart (1 Peter 3:15).

29 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21).

30 Abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22).

31 Submit yourselves to God (James 4:7).

32 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7).

33 Reckon ... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God (Romans 6:11).

34 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers (2 Corinthians 6:14).

35 Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity (2 Timothy 2:19).

36 Hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (Hebrews 10:23).

37 Make straight paths for your feet (Hebrews 12:13).

38 Flee fornication (1 Corinthians 6:18).

39 Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's (1 Corinthians 6:20).

40 Refuse not Him that speaketh (Hebrews 12:25).

41 Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord (Hebrews 12:5).

42 Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you (1 Peter 5:7).

43 Live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world (Titus 2:12).

44 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine (1 Timothy 4:16).

45 Neglect not the gift that is in thee (1 Timothy 4:14).

46 Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another (Ephesians 4:32).

47 Keep yourselves in the love of God (Jude 21).

48 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world (1 John 2:15).

49 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).

50 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God (2 Peter 3:12).

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