When Jesus was on Earth, He said, He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him (John 8:29). Jesus found great joy, strength and contentment in pleasing the Father; and you can, too.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches [disgraces] of them that reproached thee fell on me (Romans 15:3). When you are walking hand in hand with Jesus, you must be willing for any reproach that falls on Christ and the work of God to fall on you as well.

We are not on this Earth to please ourselves; we are here to please the Father and become His sons and daughters. But as many as received him [Jesus], to them gave he power to become the sons [or daughters] of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12,13).

Pleasing the Father does not mean that nothing will go wrong in your life. Sin brought about the civilization we live in today, so bad things will happen; but many people blame God for those things and fail to give Him credit for the good things. The Bible says, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17).

You must glorify and praise God for all the good things and know that He can take even bad situations and make them good. 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).

Persecution Will Come

You will suffer much in this life for Christ’s sake, but you must praise the Father for every trial and let Him work them out His way. Paul did that; and he said, Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong (II Corinthians 12:10). When God’s desires become your desires, you won’t be afraid to set self aside and bear the reproaches of the Lord.

Paul knew he was enduring all things for the glory of God; and he did it gladly saying, And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you (II Corinthians 12:15). Paul also knew that deliverance would always come. He told Timothy, What persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me (II Timothy 3:11). He then told the Hebrews, Cast not away therefore your confidence [in Christ], which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise (Hebrews 10:35,36).

Patience comes through enduring persecution; and when you learn to use divine patience, you can receive anything God has promised you. Unfortunately, some people talk about their troubles and sicknesses more than they ever talk about deliverance, healings or miracles; so they will never rise above those things. The Bible says, For as he [a person] thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7).

Go and Tell

Jesus was not pleasing Himself when He took the sins of a lost world upon Himself. Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses (Matthew 8:17). You will not be able to please yourself either as you separate from the world and go forth to tell others about Jesus and His saving grace. You always have to keep self out of the way and stay humble before God so you can show Jesus and not yourself to people.

The Lord has invited all people to come to Him, but so many are refusing His invitation and making excuses. That is why He is sending us to the ends of the Earth to find those who will accept His invitation. The Lord is longsuffering, but He will take only so much; and He is now angry with those who continue to reject Him. That is why there are so many catastrophes, killings and destructive acts of nature taking place today.

It pleases the Father when you help take the Gospel and deliverance of Christ to the world. Jesus said, And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come (Matthew 24:14). The Gospel must be preached with signs, wonders, miracles and healings because those things show the Word being confirmed; and they bring people to God. You must do all you can in these last days to bring in the lost. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16).

Love One Another

It pleases the Lord when a true child of God will give of himself to help others. Paul said, We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification (Romans 15:1,2).

Most people are always working to please themselves, but we must work to show others the Bible way and please God; and Jesus showed us how to do that. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in [divine] love (Ephesians 4:2). You have to deal with people with the same love Jesus did. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another (I John 4:11).

You must also forgive others for the wrong things they do to you. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you (Ephesians 4:32). We all must turn our enemies over to the Lord and let God take care of them. The Bible says, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord (Romans 12:19).

God can repay your enemies in ways you never could, so forgive them and then turn them over to Him. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye (Colossians 3:13).

Never Act Like the World

Envy, vainglory and seeking the praise of men for the purpose of pleasing yourself bring sorrow to God. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another (Galatians 5:26). You should be glad when God blesses others and never envy them.

When you are a true child of God, your brothers and sisters in Christ are to be a part of you; so you should be happy when God moves for them. Then you must pray that God will supply all your needs and theirs, too. If you don’t do that, take heed to Paul’s warning: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another (Galatians 5:15). Gossip and envy will destroy you and others, so you must never make room for them in your life.

Is it hard for you to stop pleasing only yourself? Do you care too much about what the world thinks of you and not enough about what God thinks of you? The world loves its own; so if those in the world love you, you are in trouble. You can’t be a part of the world, and you must be happy to always please the Father. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night (Psalm 1:1,2).

If you endorse the sins of the world, you are not in the family of God. The Bible says, Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God (James 4:4). We are living in the last hour, and Paul told about how full of sin people of this day would be. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away (II Timothy 3:1–5). You can find people who fit those descriptions all over the world today.

Study the Word

You must realize that true joy does not come from the world; it comes from hearing the Word and doing it. Thou wilt shew me the path of life [through the Word]: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11).

Only the Word brings real life. Jesus said, It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63).

The Lord has let me know that everything in the Word is now uncovered for us to understand. When you study the Word through the Holy Spirit, He will light it up and guide you all the way through because He is to be your teacher. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come (John 16:13).

The Word is amazing; and when you hunger for truth, you will not be able to get enough of it. O taste and see that the LORD is good (Psalm 34:8). We will be dining on the Word for all eternity. The word of the Lord endureth forever (I Peter 1:25).

Work for the Lord

This is the last hour, and there is no time to please yourself. You must please the Father and be working in the Lord’s harvest field of lost souls because the laborers are few. Then saith he [Jesus] unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest (Matthew 9:37,38).

There is much work to do today in the Lord’s vineyard, so you must give Him your all. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it (Matthew 16:25). Your reward will be eternal life, and you must offer that same reward to as many souls as possible. Paul said, Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved (I Corinthians 10:33).

You will suffer in the flesh when you seek to please the Father, but God will always be with you; and He will show you how to arm yourself as Christ did. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God (I Peter 4:1,2).

You can’t let anything stop you from pleasing God and doing His whole will. When you submit yourself to the Lord as He wants you to, the devil will have to run. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7). The Lord gives you the power to trample the devil underfoot. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19).

Salvation Pleases the Lord

Surely, you now see the importance of always pleasing the Father, and it all begins with giving your heart to the Lord. You will never be able to please God unless you are cleansed of all your sins because the Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4). Jesus gave His life so we could live with Him in Heaven for eternity, so don’t let His great sacrifice go to waste.

If you need salvation, lift your hands and pray this prayer with me right now: Oh, God, save my soul! I know you paid for my salvation, and I am giving my heart to you today. You said that if I would confess my sins, you would forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I believe your divine blood washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in, Jesus!

If you meant that prayer, Jesus is yours. Now, you must pray, fast and live in the Word; and if you will be obedient to the Lord in this last hour, you can expect anything to happen. The Bible says, Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s (Psalm 103:2–5).

Expect Healing Today

Don’t let trials or sicknesses get you down; rise up and do battle in the name of the Lord. If you are sick and afflicted today, the Bible says, And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up (James 5:15).

Lord, I bring the people to you. It doesn’t matter what diseases they have because you paid at the whipping post so that all diseases and deformities could go from the bodies of mankind. That includes AIDS, heart trouble, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, deformities in little children and all other afflictions. I curse all diseases and deformities in the people’s bodies. In the name of Jesus, I command the people to be made whole! In the blood name of Jesus, heal!

The healing power of the Lord is now flowing, so lift up holy hands and be made well. The miracles belong to God, so you must always give Him the glory for everything you receive. Then write or email and tell us what God did for you today, and we too will give Him the glory for your miracle.

You must go on to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost so you will be ready to go when Jesus comes. Until that great day, I pray all of you will walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10).