WHAT MAKES GOD SMILE?
Rick Warren
“You (God) created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created!" Rev. 4:11b (NLT)
“The Lord takes pleasure in His people.” Ps 149:4 (GN)
WORSHIP: Living a life bring pleasing to God.
Worship is not benefit for you.
How do we bring God smile?
“Because of God's great mercy... Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.”
Rom. 12:1 (GN)
“Noah was a pleasure to the Lord.” Gen. 6:8 (LB)
WE GIVE GOD PLEASURE...
1. WHEN WE LOVE HIM ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE.
"I don't want your sacrifices-- I want your love! I don't want your offerings--I want you to know me!” Hosea 6:6 (LB)
“Noah consistently followed God's will and enjoyed a close relationship with him.”
Gen. 6:9b (NLT)
“God’s unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure” Eph. 1:5 (NLT)
2. WHEN WE TRUST HIM COMPLETELY.
“The Lord takes pleasure in those who honor him and trust in his constant love.”
Ps. 147:11 (GN)
“By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told... His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.” Heb. 11:7 (Mes)
God: “I want you to trust me in your times of trouble, so I can rescue you and you can give me glory.” Ps. 50:14 (LB)
Don't limit God. Trust God completely. It brings him pleasure and a smile of God.
3. WHEN WE OBEY HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
“We please God by what we do and not only by what we believe.”
James 2:24 (CEV)
Obedience bring pleasure to God.
“Noah obeyed and built a boat...” Heb. 11:b (CEV)
“Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him.” Gen. 6:22 (NLT)
“Just tell me what to do and I will do it, Lord. As long as I live I'll wholeheartedly obey.” Ps. 119:33 (LB)
Do it instantly, not delay. Partial obedience - disobedience.
Serve the Lord joyfully.
“Those who live by their natural inclinations can never be pleasing to God.”
Rom. 8:8 (NJB)
4. WHEN WE FULFILL HIS PURPOSES.
“Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth!” Gen. 9:1 (KJV)
“The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives.” Ps. 37:23 (NLT)
Use you ability to serve. Offer yourself.
“God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship -a different kind of "sacrifice"—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets.” Heb. 13:16b (Mes)
Yielding and surrender... To God.
“This is the crisis we're in: God’s light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness...because they were not really interested in pleasingGod.”
John 3:19 (Mes)
“The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who arewise, who want to please God.” Ps. 14:2 (LB)
“Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God.”
2 Peter 1:3 (Mes)
God will provide the power to please him. Jesus is the one, he will provide you the power to please God.
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