Answer: We should always try to please God, through
Christ Jesus, (verse 21).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Ephesians 5:8-10: "For you were
once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 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."
Some things that are pleasing to God:
Psalm 69:30-31: "I will praise
God's Name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving. This
will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its
horns and hoofs."
Romans 14:17-18: "For the kingdom
of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of
righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who
serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by
men."
Philippians 4:18-19: "I have
received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that
I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a
fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious
riches in Christ Jesus."
Colossians 1:9-14: "For this
reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped
praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of
His Will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And
we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord
and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work,
growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power
according to His glorious might so that you may have great
endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father,
Who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in
the kingdom of light. For He has rescued us from the dominion
of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in
Whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
Colossians 3:20: "Children, obey
your parents in everything, for this pleases the
Lord."
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2: "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 more. For you know what
instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord
Jesus."
1 Timothy 2:1-4: "I urge, then,
first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving
be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority,
that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and
holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, Who wants
all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the
Truth."
1 Timothy 5:4: "But if a widow has
children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put
their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so
repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to
God."
1 John 3:21-22: "Dear friends, if
our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and
receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and
do what pleases Him."
