People Pleaser

This past Sunday my pastor preached about the trap of being a 'people pleaser'. The online notes referred us to several scriptures:

Acts 5:29 Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!"

Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ

I Thessalonians 2:4 On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.

These are all from the NIV translation.

Wow. I only need to live my life to make God happy. God loved me when he found me, screwed up as I was, so really I'm not trying to get God's love but only return the love by living a life pleasing to him. AND...if I screw up, He forgives me!

This is deep stuff ladies and gentlemen. It is so freeing! Yes I may lose the good opinions of some people by not trying to fit in with them, but it doesn't matter anymore.

Plus if you look at the 10 Commandments and the directions given in the Bible's New Testament, it's all good for you. Resolve conflict, guide each other, love each other, help each other, don't lie or steal or cheat...you know 'em.

Joyce Meyer was on TV today and she said she knows the Bible is the Truth. She says that when she accepted the words and lived them her life was better. The Bible worked and that's how she knows it's real.(Not an exact quote but it's what I got from it)What a cool idea! If you don't trust that Jesus is the real deal, test it out! Watch the life you have change!

I really like this series. If you want to see Stu's talk go to Watersedgechurch.net and watch last Sundays talk.