Pleasing God

1 Peter 4:1-7        Arm yourselves with Christ in thought and purpose. Will you suffer for Christ,to gain Christ? Will you suffer rather than fail to please God? This is our choice, your will to do what you please this very day. That old saying  No Pain No Gain is true as we come to Christ. When we stop pleasing ourselves with the things of this world and start pleasing God. Suffering begins when you no longer spend the rest of your human life living by human appetites and desires , but living the will of God. Your natural life isn't going to like this and the old flesh will come against  Gods will . Old friends will come against  you and yet be surprised when you don't run with them. You run with Jesus and at the end they will have to give account to Him. Keep sound minded,  alert, living with self-control for the sake of your Prayers.