February 29________________________________________
When people’s lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them.
-Proverbs 16:7(NLT)
WHEN YOU PLEASE GOD
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you please God, you get that joy in your heart
When you please God, you get the chance for a brand new start
When you please God, you are able to go through adversity
When you please God, you become a threat to the enemy.
When you please God, your worldly perspective changes
When you please God, you get strength to face all challenges
When you please God, even your enemies are at peace with you
When you please God, your heart and mind are constantly renewed.
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It took many years to find out that I was a people-pleaser. Because I wasn’t showered with affection, attention and love as a child, I learned to get these needs met by people pleasing and performing. By the time I was high school, I was so desperate for love and got into a deep depression and almost ended my life. Thank God, he brought a friend of mine just at the nick of time to save me from suicide. I learned that no matter how much I please people around, I can’t force them to show me love. They probably can’t give it because they too weren’t given love.
The bible encourages us to please the Lord for even our enemies will be at peace with us.
PRAYER
Lord, let there be no other that I would rather please first but you.
REFLECTION
What is the benefit of pleasing God?
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