Pleasing god instead of people

Focus on pleasing God, not people.

We overcome people-pleasing by increasing our fear of the Lord

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Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant.

Living to please people is not love. It's not what Jesus modeled for us. He chose to live a life devoted to doing the Father's will. Everything the Father does is good. Everything He says is right. We find peace in living to love and honor God. Love for God supersedes love for anyone else. He's worthy! He's good! He's beyond amazing. The questions are: what does God desire and how can we love Him? That's what matters most. Out of love from Him & for Him flows love to everyone else.

Amen! "Focus on pleasing God, not people."