And God Was Pleased

The Biblical principles for creating Christian success

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Throughout the Bible, God gives us fundamental principles for living worthy lives which are pleasing to Him.These principles are outlined below and explored in depth in And God Was Pleased.

Live to please God

Know the goodness of God

Walk by faith

Train for Godliness

Do something bold

Pray ceaselessly

Be kind

Think praiseworthy thoughts

Prove all things

Pay more careful attention

Live with care

Be transformed and renewed

Go the extra mile

Let your light shine

Learn from adversity

Put your treasure where your heart is

Share the work

Sharpen on another

Sharpen one another

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Proverbs 27:17 KJV

Share the work

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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. - Ecclesiastes 4:9 KJV

Put your treasure where your heart is

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - Matthew 6:21

Learn from adversity

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See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. - Isaiah 48:10

Let your light shine

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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - Matthew 5:16

Go the extra mile

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And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. - Matthew 5:41 KJV

Be transformed and renewed

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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2 KJV

Live with care

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Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. - Ephesians 5:16-17

Pay more careful attention

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We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. - Hebrews 2:1

Prove all things

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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. - Thessalonians 5:21 KJV

Think praiseworthy thoughts

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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable —if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. - Philippians 4:8

Be kind

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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - Ephesians 4:32 KJV

Pray ceaselessly

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Pray without ceasing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV

Do something bold

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Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. - 2 Corinthians 3: 12

Train for Godliness

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Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. - 1 Timothy 4:7-8

Walk by faith

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For we walk by faith, not by sight. - 2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV

Know the goodness of God

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And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [His] purpose. - Romans 8:28

Live to Please God

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Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. (Ephesians 5:8-10 NIV)