God is calling you to faithfulness in the marketplace.

• And you should EXPECT to be rewarded for it.

• Prov 22:29 - faithfulness in your work leads to promotion.

• Be good at what you do and your level of customer and client increases.

• Matt 5:11 - faithfulness in your walk leads to persecution.

• Your job isn’t to get a promotion or receive persecution - your job is faithfulness.

• God will take care of the rest.

• The same thing that got us fired by HGTV is what got us hired.

• Expect promotion AND persecution!

• Disappointment is the gap between expectation and reality.

• So what do we do?

• In our work - Expect promotion by EXCEEDING expectations.

• When expectation is high, people buy.

• People pay for your what, but they stay for your way.

• In our walk - Expect persecution by MANAGING expectations.

• EX: When we were first hired by HGTV we knew the battle would come.

• 1 Thes 3:2-4 - Paul sent Timothy to the Thessalonians to manage their expectations!