#208 - Kyle Thompson // How Would I Fight Against Me?

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Devotional, Christianity, Mens Devo, Daily Mens Devotional, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Devo, Joby Martin

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We walk through a simple but piercing self-assessment—“If I were the devil, how would I fight me?”—and match that strategy with Scripture and the Armor of God. We use coaching analogies to plan resistance, strengthen brotherhood, and move from drift to discipline. • Word of God as the sword of the Spirit • Core question for self-scouting temptation • Coaching analogies to anticipate attacks • Paul and Peter on Satan’s schemes and vigilance • Practical resistance through Ephesians 6 armor • F...

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0:00.0	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.
0:20.2	All right, guys, let's wrap up the week. All week this week, we've looked at some of my
0:24.4	favorite quotes and highlights from Jobi's new book out now called Stan Furman, act like
0:28.2	men, becoming the man you were created to be instead of who the world says you are, and we've
0:33.0	been digging into the scriptural truce therein. So here's a quote. Congratulations. Not from the introduction.
0:38.2	I did pull a quote from somebody else or somewhere else. It's actually from chapter three.
0:42.0	So here's the quote. A great question to ask yourself in your fight against the enemy is this.
0:48.0	If I were the devil, how would I fight against me? So I'll actually repeat that question.
0:53.9	If I were the devil, how would I fight against me? So I'll actually repeat that question. If I were the devil, how would I fight
0:56.9	against me? So guys, you may actually want to pause this and chew on that for a bit. This is exactly
1:03.0	how any good coach would, you know, approach a forthcoming game, right? If you think about it. So,
1:09.0	you know, a great baseball coach will ask,
1:17.4	okay, how would I pitch to my lineup to limit the damage, right? A great football coach will ask himself, okay, what defensive scheme could they run to stop our passing game? You know,
1:23.8	a great MMA coach will ask himself, okay, how is this fighter going to try and exploit my guys's difficulty with stopping the takedown?
1:31.0	You know, those are just some examples.
1:32.1	But the last thing you want to do as a coach after a game or a fight or a match is to sit there and wonder, why didn't I plan for that?
1:41.1	Like, why didn't I think of that?
1:43.1	Because great coaches don't want to be outwitted
1:45.5	by their opposition, but for a lot of us Christian men, we don't take seriously enough, not nearly
1:50.8	seriously enough, the threat posed by Satan to us every single day. The Apostle Paul in 2,
1:58.7	10, 11 says this, anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven
2:06.0	anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ. So that we would not be outwitted
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