31 Ways to Please God (And there are many more.)
Be real
Be yourself, be genuine
Confess your sin
Repent of your sin
Realize that He sees all, knows all
Fear Him
Obey
Seek Him
Ask for Wisdom
Pray according to His will
Pray the Lord’s prayer
Pray in the Spirit
Pray in tongues
Preach the Gospel
Tell your testimony
Let the Holy Spirit lead you and guide you into all truth
Love the truth
Count others better than yourself
Quench not the Spirit
Forgive
Love
Love the brethren
Love your enemies
Pray for your enemies
Give your enemies good things
Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might
Read His word
Speak His word
Pray His word
Sing His word
Meditate on His word
Scriptural References:
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1 Timothy 1:5
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Hebrews 4:13
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear:
Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast into hell;
yea, I say unto you, Fear Him.
Luke 12:5
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:11
Seek ye the Lord while He may be found,
call ye upon Him while He is near
Isaiah 55:6
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,
that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
James 1:5
And this is the confidence that we have in Him,
that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
I John 5:14-15
After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jude 1:20
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,
but unto God: for no man understandeth him;
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
1 Corinthians 14:2
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid upon me;
yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:16
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation 12:11
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
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Philippians 2:3
Quench not the Spirit.
! Thessalonians 5:19
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?
for sinners also love those that love them.
Luke 6:32
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you:
for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
! Thessalonians 4:9
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
! John 4:20
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 5:44
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Romans 12:20
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.
Ephesians 6:10
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of Me.
John 5:39
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord;
My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth,
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed,
saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah 59:21
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16
But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 1:2