Pleasing God in 2013

Living A Life Pleasing To God Requires...

1 Thessalonians 4:3-12

1) Abstaining from sexual immorality (1 Thessalonians 4:3)

2) Controlling your body in holiness and honor (1 Thessalonians 4:4)

3) Not giving in to the passion of lust (1 Thessalonians 4:5)

4) Continuing in brotherly love more and more (1 Thessalonians 4:10)

5) Aspiring to live quietly (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

6) Minding my own affairs (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

7) Working with my hands (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

8) Walking properly before outsiders (1 Thessalonians 4:12)

9) Being dependent on no one (1 Thessalonians 4:12)

Lessons To Be Learned: Is My Life Pleasing To God?

• Am I abstaining from being immoral sexually?
• Do I control and present my body in a way that shows holiness and honor?
• Do I resist giving in to or acting on passion alone?
• Am I growing in my brotherly love more daily?
• Do I resist gossip, stirring up dissension/drama, and seeking out attention? 
• Am I known for leading a quiet life?
• Do I mind my own business?
• Am I working with my hands and staying busy for the Lord?
• Do outsiders see my life as respectable?
• Am I, to the best of my ability, depending only on God?
• Am I debt free and seeking to not owe anything to anyone?
• Are my accounts up to date and paid on time?
• Are my own provided for sufficiently?
• Am I a responsible steward of my time and money?

Let us all strive to examine our lives as we begin a new, wonderful year in 2013 and serve Him more and more as our lives grow more pleasing in His sight. Thank you Lord for a new year with new beginnings and for the great joy you have blessed my life with so abundantly!