Picked up a brand new book by Mark Hitchcock (pastor at Faith Bible Church in Edmond, OK) called 55 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH.  If you're a bookworm like me, his name will be familiar...he's written a total of 12 books.  In this book, there's a chapter called:  "Are There Rewards in Heaven?"  Here are excerpts:

Carefully consider this list.  Read the verses  Develop and grow in these areas of your life so that when you stand before the Lord some day, you will hear..."Well done, good and faithful servant." (Mathew 25:21)

Here is a list of some of the main areas in our lives that will be tested when we stand before the Lord:

1. How we treat other believers.  (Hebrews 6:10, Mathew 10:41-42)
2. How we employ our God-given talents and abilities.  (Mathew 25:14-29, Luke 19:11-26, 1 Peter 4:10)
3. How we use our money.  (Mathew 6-1-4, 1 Timothy 6:17-19)
4. How well we accept mistreatment and injustice.  (Matt 5:11-12, Mark 10:29-30, Luke 6:27-28, Romans 8:18)
5. How we endure suffering and trials.  (James 1:12, Revelation 2:10)
6. How we spend our time.  (Psalm 90:9-12, Ephesians 5:16, Colossians 4:5, 1 Peter 1:17)
7. How we run the particular race God has given us.  (1 Corinthians 9:24, Philippians 2:16, 3:13-14, Hebrews 12:1)
8. How effectively we control our fleshly appetites.  (1 Corinthians 9:25-27)
9. How many souls we witness to and win for Christ.  (Proverbs 11:30, Daniel 12:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20)
10. How much the doctrine of the Rapture means to us.  (2 Timothy 4:8)
11. How faithful we are to God's Word and God's people.  (Acts 20:26-28, 2 Tim 4:1-2, Hebrews 13:17, James 3:1)
12. How hospitable we are to strangers.  (Mathew 25:35-36, Luke 14:12-14)
13. How faithful we are in our vocation.  (Colossians 3:22-24)
14. How we use our tongue.  (Matthew 12:35, James 3:1-12)
     

Be blessed....YSIC, Sandra Jean