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  • Rick Young avatar

    Dear God, Please Kick Me...

    Contributed by Rick Young on Aug 4, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,920 views

    Why do we sometimes wait for God to "punish" us if we mess up as Christians? We are not under the law any longer, but under grace. And sometimes it’s hard to remember that.

    “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gregory Griffin avatar

    How To Please God With Your Giving

    Contributed by Gregory Griffin on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 223 ratings
     | 23,636 views

    Sermon on Giving. Basic principles on pleasing God with your giving.

    How to give and please God Luke 21:1-4 DBC 6/02/02 Gregg Griffin <(((((>< Congregational Scripture Reading: II Corinthians 9: 6-8 Now that you have all the moans and groans out of your system, having heard the sermon title. Lets take and honest look at what it takes to give and please God. My ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Nate Herbst avatar

    Short Challenge: Lives That Please God Series

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 15, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    This is a short challenge on how to practically live life in a way that pleases God.

    Short Challenge: Lives that please God. 1 Jn.4:19 - we love God because He first loved us. How do we respond. 1 Thes.4:1 - “Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Only Faith Can Please God Series

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 21, 2014
     | 5,229 views

    To show that it takes faith to believe in GOD that exists and that GOD rewards. Go beyond the level of faith of the enemy.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you believe in GOD and that He is the Rewarder? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that it takes faith to believe in GOD that exists and that GOD rewards. Go beyond the level of faith of the enemy. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 11:6 (Amplified Bible) 11:6 But ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Dear God, Please Hear Me

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Oct 18, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,766 views

    Most of us go through times when we 'feel' God is not listening to our prayers. From Isaiah 59, this message gives some of the process for this season in our lives.

    Dear God, Please Hear Me (Why God doesn’t answer) Isaiah 59:1-21 * A young man asked his girlfriend, “Can I kiss you?” and she was silent. Next, he asked, “May I kiss you?” again, she was silent. Finally, in frustration he said, “Are You deaf?” Without ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Reggie Corfield avatar

    We Cannot Please God With Hipocrosy

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Oct 23, 2013
     | 4,182 views

    God honors the prayer that crys out to him for mercy. It does not have to be a lengthy prayer but when it is from our heart it will reach his.

    I’m sure many of you are familiar with the nursery rhyme that goes like this “Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie, he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said ……(wait for congregation to answer) what a good boy am I”. Before anyone ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • David Owens avatar

    Living To Please God (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Apr 23, 2012
     | 7,644 views

    This sermon continues and concludes the section of 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 that I began last week. Paul gives three aspects of living a life that pleases God. This sermon covers the last two aspects.

    Introduction: A. Today I want to talk about living a life that pleases God. 1. Ultimately, living a life that pleases God will also be a life that will get the attention of others and will impact them. B. I like the story told about the person who visited the mental institution and asked the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Rollyson avatar

    How Can We Please God?

    Contributed by John Rollyson on Dec 28, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,150 views

    As Christians, God desires our obedience.

    How Can We Please God? 1 Peter 2:4-10 Intro: God desires our obedience..... Thomas Platter had such a great zeal for studying the ancient tongues that he supported himself through manual labor by day and at night studied with sand in his mouth, that the gritting against his teeth might keep him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Bokka avatar

    Whom Are We Pleasing - Is It God Or Men? Series

    Contributed by Timothy Bokka on Dec 3, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,106 views

    Two kinds of people always fail — those who listen to nobody and those who listen to everybody.

    Galatians 1:10 Two kinds of people always fail — those who listen to nobody and those who listen to everybody. The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians warns them against being people pleasers. Again, while writing to the Church in Colossia (Colossians 1:10), he encourages them to please ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Richard Papafio avatar

    Let Your Life Please God

    Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jun 20, 2018
     | 3,835 views

    When you live to please God you live a content life

    May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: LET YOUR LIFE PLEASE GOD Acts 10:1-4 King James Version (KJV) 10 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "The Kind Of Praying That Pleases God” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 12, 2019
     | 5,383 views

    What should I focus on as I pray?

    In our passage for today, Paul seeks to encourage the Colossians about their prayer life. In so doing, he shares with them the characteristics of the prayer life a Christian should devote himself to. This is the kind of praying that is sure to please God. 1. Perceptive praying - v. 2a “being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Betty Johnson avatar

    Please Release Me

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Jun 28, 2012
     | 14,048 views

    This dear woman, as Jesus called her, despite her situation, which plagued her for 18 years, was in church - she continued to be in the synagogue on the Sabbath. I may have heard a similar message to this many years ago, but if I did, I do not know who i

    Please Release Me Scripture: Luke 14:10-16 Do you remember this song? (Sing) “Please release me, let me go. I don’t love you anymore. To live together is a sin, so release me, and let me love again.” We’re not going to discuss the poor theology of the meaning behind ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Mark Engler avatar

    Submission To Authorities

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Dec 4, 2014
     | 8,401 views

    If the Christian is going to be a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God Paul calls us to submit to the governing civil authorities. This sermon looks at what that looks like for the Christian.

    Submission To The Authorities Romans 13:1-7 Read Text: Romans 13:1-7 INTRO: How many of us like to submit? Doesn’t even the thought of submitting or of submission almost repulse us? I know that we have a lot of competitive people in this body of believers. We have business men and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Whom Do You Please

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 9, 2021
     | 2,062 views

    Be careful of who is applauding your efforts. If it is not God the final review will not be favorable.

    Gal 1:9-10 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. KJV I am a people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Bresee avatar

    The Pleasing Aroma Of Living Worship

    Contributed by Scott Bresee on Sep 16, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,547 views

    In Romans 12, Paul instructs us as believers on what type of worship is pleasing to the Living God.

    The Pleasing Aroma of Living Worship Text: Romans 12:1-2 In Genesis 8, we see the life of Noah, a man noted by God as “a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God”. Noah was a man of God in the corrupt days and world in which he lived. He fearfully obeyed God in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal