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 10:31Crowns 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)