Pleasing the Lord

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence
before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his
commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe
in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he
commanded us.


1 John 3:21-23 NIV


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Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to
be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or bad.


2 Corinthians 5:9,10 NASB


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For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while
suffering unjustly. For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and
are beaten for it you take it patiently? But if when you do right and
suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God's approval. For to
this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.


1 Peter 2:19-21 RSV