#222 - Joby Martin // How A Father’s Lavish Love Can Change A Home

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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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We walk through the Prodigal Son to show how godly dads hold firm boundaries while leading with lavish grace. We confront control, pride, and the need to be right, and replace them with humility, celebration, and the steady pursuit of our kids’ hearts. • Word of God as the Sword shaping fatherhood • Day four focus on being a godly dad • Reading Luke 15 and highlighting key turns • Letting consequences teach without rescuing • The father’s compassion and running embrace • Leading with grace, ...

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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
0:07.2	spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and
0:13.4	Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:20.2	All right, welcome to day four of what it means to be a godly dad.
0:24.6	Today we're going to look at a very, very, very famous story that Jesus taught in Luke
0:30.5	chapter 15. And the thing I want to look at is this. I don't really have time to dig into all the
0:35.5	details, but we need to love our kids
0:37.8	like our Heavenly Father has loved us. One of the most famous stories that Jesus ever tells
0:42.7	189 times in the Gospels, Jesus refers to the Almighty Sovereign Judge as Heavenly Father,
0:50.6	and nothing illustrates it like the story of the prodigal son. Tim Keller's famous for saying
0:56.7	that it really should be called the prodigal god because prodigal means lavish and the one that
1:01.1	is demonstrating lavish grace and love is the father. I'm just going to read it to us and if I have
1:05.9	time to share a couple of thoughts. Luke chapter 15 verse 11 the says, and Jesus said there was a man who had two
1:12.5	sons, and the younger of them said to his father, father, give me the share of property that is coming
1:16.3	to me, and he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all
1:21.3	that he had, and he took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property
1:26.2	and reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and there he squandered his property and reckless living. And when he had spent everything,
1:29.8	a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and he hired himself out
1:34.9	to one of the citizens of that country who sent him into the fields to feed pigs. And he was longing
1:40.3	to be fed by the pods that the pigs ate and no one gave him anything.
1:46.3	You know, one of the things that you have to do as a godly dad is you can't always rescue your
1:50.3	children from their own bad decisions. Listen, man, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
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