I challenge you to use these lists as a way to examine your life and see if your life is being lived in a way that is pleasing to God. I intend to personally print out this list and use it as a guide for daily decision making. Here are the two lists and I encourage you to look up the verses that are attached (also surrounding paragraph) and ask the Spirit of God to make these activities a part of your daily walk:
Activities God rewards:
• Secret acts of prayer and fasting – Matt 6:1,5,6
• Faithfulness in trials of life – I Peter 1:6,7
• Quiet life and hard work – I Thess 4:11,12
• Helping fellow believers in life – Heb 6:10
• Compassion to those who cannot repay– Luke 14:12-14
• Advancing the Gospel – I Thess 2:19, Matt 10:40ff
• Humble servanthood – Matt 20:26-28
• Sacrificial giving to cause of Christ – Luke 21:1-3; II Cor. 8,9
• Bearing insult/exclusion for the name of Christ – Luke 6:22,23
• Anything done for the glory of God – I Cor 10:31
Crowns given:
• Victor’s crown (I Cor 9:24,25)
• Soul winner’s crown (I Thess 2:19)
• Shepherd’s crown (I Peter 5:4)
• Watcher’s crown (II Tim 4:8)
• Sufferer’s crown (Rev. 2:10)
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