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What to Do When Rewards Don't Come

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We’re taught that hard work yields reward. Episode 144 of Faithful on the Clock highlights what to do when it doesn’t.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:47] - Invitation to set a foundation by reviewing Episode 139 on gratitude

[01:18] - Acknowledgement that not getting rewards can mess with our sense of justice, and that the brain’s reward mechanisms are part of what keep us motivated to work

[01:54] - Personal struggle as inspiration for the show; acknowledgement other listeners might be similarly struggling

[03:28] - Lesson from Habakkuk (and others) — anchor yourself in what God has promised rather than what has already arrived

[06:17] - Lesson from Noah — stick with the last instruction you have from God (even if you have to go into the Word to get it)

[07:47] - Lesson from Joseph — hold to the values and character God gave you, identify what values you’ll defend, and continue to foster excellence even if you’re in an obscure place; know that rewards can be bigger than what you expect for yourself

[09:31] - Lesson from the parable of the workers — don’t compare yourself; look for where else the reward might be to remember that God’s generosity is always present and active

[11:53] - Lesson from the parable of the talents — God’s expectation is simply that we try to steward well, not that we produce specific yields; remember He is more concerned with your faithfulness and give Him that when you have nothing else

[13:33] - Lesson from Elijah — acknowledge the small little gifts and mercies God puts on your path on the way to the bigger victory, and take rest when you need it

[15:32] - Practical strategies — be more direct about what you want and open lines of communication; increase your visibility where possible; practice altruism; and find what’s satisfying about your work process itself

[18:49] - Prayer

[19:40] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

1. When you aren’t feeling properly rewarded, first ground yourself in the idea that God is the greatest reward we can have, just as He is.
2. The story of Habakkuk shows us that it’s OK to question what God is doing when we don’t understand and don’t have tangible rewards in the moment. Other stories from scripture, such as with Jeremiah, David, and Ruth, all show God’s servants...

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Persisting for the Long Haul with Dan Parr

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The business world likes to preach fast results, but in Episode 143 of Faithful on the Clock, voiceover artist and publisher Dan Parr reminds us of the value of persistence.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:39] - Dan’s welcome and background; how he got started working on the Easy to Understand, Read Bible

[05:36] - Dan’s experience of not getting overwhelmed through the project

[06:45] - Keeping the majesty of the Bible while achieving simplicity and accessibility

[09:26] - Addressing conceptions about the audience; simple doesn’t mean unintelligent; the translation as a gateway

[12:51] - Advice for those who don’t feel like they could persist in work God calls them to do

[14:39] - Advice for those doubting themselves or encountering pushback for not being “qualified” for a big, long-term project

[17:56] - The revelation Dan had about God as he completed the narration

[20:37] - How the project changed Dan’s perspective of the big picture and being open to new things

[21:31] - What initially caused Dan to be resistant to the project

[23:26] - The skills Dan realized through the project that God had equipped him with

[28:50] - Advice for those who feel called to persist but who aren’t getting the signal to continue from the world

[30:34] - How Dan is measuring success on the project

[32:40] - What Dan wants readers to take away from his translation

[35:01] - What Dan learned from getting enmeshed in Word during the project

[36:38] - The legacy Dan hopes for with the Bible and concepts for future work

[39:14] - How to find more of Dan’s work

[39:48] - Prayer

[41:11] - Outro

Key takeaways:

• Dan started his Bible narration work with the book of Luke. After his corporate job suddenly ended, God soon led him to continue to the entire Bible.
• Because Dan did the project book by book, he had milestone gratification and didn’t get overwhelmed.
• Dan strove to make the translation accessible, not “dumbed down.” He aims for his work to be an “I get it now” gateway that gets people to seek God more intently.
• Dan doesn’t consider himself persistent by nature, but he recognizes that God used his ability to dig in when he has a knack for something. He believes that when God calls you to operate in an area where you’re already good, He’ll equip you to accomplish the purposes He...

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Getting Productive for the Right Reasons with Mark Struczewski

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We all want to be productive. But are we being productive for the good things God calls us to? Mark Struczewski (Mister Productivity) helps us figure it out in Episode 142 of Faithful on the Clock.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:37] - Secondary intro and Mark’s background

[03:15] - Getting happiness from productivity

[05:24] - Quitting excuses and making productivity choices

[11:31] - How to practice patience with ourselves in a way that honors God while being productive

[15:23] - Addressing distractions and differentiating them from God’s movement on us

[20:52] - Productivity is not easy, but fun breaks are fine

[27:34] - Not sharing a bad mood when trying to be productive

[25:45] - The Scripture story Mark offers as a final takeaway

[31:18] - Prayer; Mark’s closing freebie offer

[32:54] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

1. Productivity can be a joyful thing!
2. We might not always be in a situation where we love what we’re doing. But we can make intentional choices to get there and be productive in the way we want.
3. There’s often more than one path that’s viable to get to what we love, so we shouldn’t be afraid to look at multiple “how”s to do something. But each path we explore deserves due diligence before we move on.
4. Most of us need to develop our patience muscle when it comes to productivity. Doing so can help us appreciate the hard work involved in our productivity.
5. Making a list of the distractions we encounter for a brief period of time can help us grasp how much other elements pull our attention away. But we can mitigate most distractions quickly and be intentional about our scheduling.
6. When God calls us to do something in the day, that’s a good distraction!
7. Productivity is not necessarily easy, but we can ask ourselves how God is shaping us through the difficulties in the...

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Joy by a Thousand Jolts

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Want to feel more joy that strengthens your faith? Episode 141 of Faithful on the Clock looks at how small, consistent joy experiences can reshape our neurology for better happiness and connection to God.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:44] - The cultural view and pursuit of big joy experiences

[02:20] - Key neuroscience — many small joy experiences can strengthen the neural pathways involved in feeling happiness, and we don’t need huge joy experiences for that to happen

[03:09] - Why small jolts of joy is realistic for the modern workplace

[04:56] - The Joy Reset principles and how small joy experiences can retrain the brain’s neural architecture

[06:09] - The connection between joy and faith; why neurological training might make it easier to connect to God and religion

[07:16] - Neurology as a physical component of faith

[08:36] - Encouragement to address underlying physical challenges that might interfere with neurological training for joy

[10:27] - Prayer

[11:13] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• Contemporary culture — including work — often trains us to seek out big lightning bolts of joy.
• Neuroscience research confirms that emotionally strong events deeply encode, making them more memorable. But we also know that repeated small experiences strengthen neural pathways. This means that the more small joy moments we have, the easier it becomes to access feelings of happiness.
• The way small moments of joy build good architecture in the brain means that we can learn to be resilient even if our work environment isn’t the greatest at offering a lot of big elements to be happy about.
• Dr. MaryCatherine’s book, The Joy Reset, outlines how trauma can block the brain’s ability to access joy. She argues that small, consistent joy experiences can reset the neurological architecture necessary for happiness and resilience.
• Joy and faith intersect. When we intentionally do neurological training toward joy, we might also make it easier to connect to our faith, since joy is a core teaching of Christianity.
• Neuroplasticity is a long game. We might need to practice intentionally seeking small jolts of joy for many months or even years before we really see results in our brain architecture.
• It’s wise to address potential underlying physical issues that could interfere with building a healthier neurological...

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Redeeming Time with Lissa Figgins

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Feel frantic because you don’t have enough hours in the day? Time-scaling strategist Lissa Figgins joins us in Episode 140 of Faithful on the Clock to redeem your time.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:51] - Lissa’s bio and background for Redeem Her Time

[07:07] - Busy-ness as a sense of obligation; doing things WITH God

[09:10] - Why busy-ness is the Devil’s #1 distraction tactic

[11:57] - Busy-ness as a superficial mask that interferes with connection; the perception of availability

[13:38] - Why time management is the problem, not the solution

[16:11] - ROI versus ROTI

[18:20] - Time and opportunity costs; advice for those who don’t feel like they can reinvest time elsewhere because of the way they’ve already invested (the four “shuns”)

[21:04] - The importance of Selah pauses and the value of time with God

[25:00] - The practice of time anchoring; the balance of pouring out and taking in

[29:49] - Shifting from managing time to multiplying it; how multiplying time is a testimony that sets believers apart

[39:54] - Scriptures and resources Lissa wanted to share

[44:29] - Prayer/thank you to Lissa

[45:24] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• Lissa relates to being a busy-ness owner, having shifted away from always cramming her calendar after her doctor helped her see how her anxiety around time management was influencing her body and health.
• Busy-ness is a tool of Satan because it keeps us distracted from all the good work we might do for God. It prevents people from seeing who we really are, as it can become a superficial mask that hinders real connection.
• Time management is not a solution — it’s the problem. Time management is based on the need to control and maintain, which means it’s not focused on growth. Instead, it’s based in a feeling of lack or fear.
• ROTI — return on time invested — is a spin on the traditional idea of financial ROI (return on investment). It helps people to focus on whether they are getting a good return from the time they are investing, keeping them aware of how they are stewarding their 24 hours. ROTI can include assets, but it also can include intangibles oriented around the fruit of the Spirit.
• Lissa names four “shuns” that get in the way of good time stewarding — expectations, obligations, interruptions, and distractions. She asserts that we CAN pivot away from activities that do not have a...

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Gratitude, God, and Perceiving Proper Value

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Most people consider gratitude during the Thanksgiving holiday. But Episode 139 of Faithful on the Clock asks: Are you grateful for God as He is, or just His blessings?

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:42] - My experience of feeling inferior walking past nice houses; how a sense of material items, gratitude, and the sense of self can get wrapped up together

[03:53] - The futility of trying not to want what you want; the white bear problem

[04:38] - What’s better than the things we covet; the relationship between the value we perceive and the amount of gratitude we have and how it influences our ability where gratitude gets directed

[06:22] - God sees us as the most valuable and is grateful for us, so much that He gave His Son, Jesus

[7:18] - The need to honor the reciprocity in our relationship with God; why we need to be grateful not just for God’s blessings, but for God as He is; how Job’s story shows reciprocal value and gratitude between God and Job and God correcting the Devil about what love is

[10:47] - Prayer

[11:43] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• When I was walking my dog, seeing expensive houses made me feel inferior and sad, despite what I know about God’s provision and instruction not to store up treasures on Earth. My sense of worth was jumbled up with the worth of material items and perceived blessings.
• Gurus will tell you to learn to be more grateful for what you have, but the best way to abandon something is to find something better to replace it with. Because gratitude is proportional to the value we place on something, we have to learn to put value on the right things to be grateful for them. This includes God!
• Our relationship with God is reciprocal. He sees value in and is grateful for us. In return, we should see value in and be grateful for Him, not just the blessings He might offer to us. God doesn’t want to be appreciated just for what He gives, but rather, for Who He is.
• This Thanksgiving, challenge yourself to tell the Devil that your love and gratitude is for God, not just stuff or conveniences. This replays the story of Job, where Job put the Devil in His place by loving and appreciating God even when all of the blessings God had given to him were stolen.

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Announcing Grace in the Grind, the Faithful on the Clock Devotional

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Need a resource to connect more deeply to God each week of the year? Episode 138 of Faithful on the Clock shares the Grace in the Grind devotional for Christian professionals.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:33] - Grace in the Grind origin in weekly Faithful on the Clock challenges

[02:04] - Review #1: Jeff Meyer

[03:15] - Review #2: Peggy Bodde

[04:07] - The intentionality of the devotional offering both hope and an encouragement toward repentance

[07:15] - Version options available

[08:30] - Official launch date, preorder, and extra value within endnotes

[10:16] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• Grace in the Grind is a devotional that expands the weekly challenges available each week from Faithful on the Clock. It’s designed to help professionals truly take action in addition to improving their mindfulness around God.
• Initial reviews from Pastor Jeff Meyer and Sacred Work founder Peggy Bodde point out the practicality, honesty, and warmth of the devotional.
• The goal of the devotional is to encourage, but also to reveal where you can change your life, in the spirit of Jesus’ call to repentance.
• Grace in the Grind will be available in all major formats — softcover, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Thibodeaux recorded the audiobook herself to ensure the book felt personal to listeners.
• The official launch date for Grace in the Grind on Amazon and Ingram Spark is November 5, 2025. The book is priced to reflect the additional value and uniqueness of the more than 50 endnotes included.

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Following God's Call with Matthew Terry

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Feeling a little scared to answer God’s call? In Episode 137 of Faithful on the Clock, special guest Matthew Terry offers encouragement through his story of being called to teach in China.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:45] - Welcome and Matthew’s background

[04:27] - Matthew’s initial feelings entering his new job in China

[08:37] - How Matthew’s reception assisted his transition into the classroom, recount of breaking the ice with the students

[13:32] - Matthew’s advice on entering situations where you don’t know what’s going to happen

[16:56] - Matthew’s experience of getting to know the students and being open to teach more than English; seeing beyond your role title to serve God

[24:02] - Matthew’s advice on how to handle people who put you on guard

[25:58] - Matthew’s largest takeaway from his China experience; the importance of trusting in God and accepting that He knows the “why” behind everything that happens

[32:10] - Discussion of “English Corner” and Matthew’s creative projects

[36:14] - Matthew’s advice for people who feel called but who have a mentality that they are x, y, and z, maybe not having the skills necessary; trusting God to sell you

[41:13] - How to find about more and connect with Matthew

[42:44] - Matthew’s guiding scripture and relevant student teaching story

[44:47] - Matthew’s advice to people on keeping your work, calling, and relationships going for the long haul

[47:00] - Prayer

[47:57] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• Matthew received the call to go to China after being laid off and serving as a substitute teacher. After his time in China, he continued to serve, teaching in the United States as a special education classroom assistant (SECA).
• Matthew felt some initial nerves when first arriving in China, but seeing a familiar beer brand, having no wait at the airport, and being warmly welcome helped put him at ease.
• As Matthew tried to break the ice, he used play acting about himself and how he met his wife to get an initial connection with students. Simply asking God “What’s next?” got him through the rough moment and demonstrates what can happen when we surrender and trust God.
• Matthew used scripture to clarify with his students that he was going to be a helper and counselor for them. This helped the students feel he truly cared for them. It began Matthew’s unintended journey of...