Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

Welcome back, gentlemen. All week this week, I'll be giving you some of my

favorite quotes and highlights from Jobi's new book out now called Stand Firm and Act Like Men,

becoming the man you were created to be instead of who the world says you are, and we'll be digging

into the scriptural truce therein. And here's one of my favorite quotes from the introduction

of the book.

There's nothing more dangerous in this world than an insecure, ungrounded man. Now, that short

quote may have hit a few of you between the eyes because you know deep down this is referring to you.

You might overcompensate to keep up the facade of someone that is

secure and confident, but you're just not. You might think you're doing a good job of hiding

the fact that you're a rudderless ship, but we can all see you moving wherever the tide takes

you. And look, guys, if you're insecure and ungrounded, Jobie is right. You're dangerous.

The Bible's actually replete with warnings against this. So Proverbs 25, 28, a man without self-control is like a city broken into and left

without walls. Psalm 1 verses 3 and 4, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its

fruit in its season and its leaf does not

wither. And all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind

drives away. And let's also look towards the end of the book of Genesis. So in Genesis 49, so Jacob,

aka Israel, gathered his 12 sons at his bedside to deliver blessings to them.

So these are prophetic blessings and pronouncements about their future.

This is actually an enormous deal.

And as we'll come to find out, it's not always positive.

But we do know that Jacob will start by addressing his oldest, which is Ruben.

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