#225 - Josh Howerton // Resisting Pressure With The Power Of The Spirit

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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🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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We call men to stand firm in a world that keeps pressing them into its mold, and we point to the Spirit’s power as the true footing. Scripture, story, and a clear charge help us resist stubborn pride while choosing courageous love. • the command to stand firm from 1 Corinthians 16:13–14 • Romans 12’s warning about the world’s mold • reverse discipleship through media and algorithms • God’s plan in the word versus the world’s plan • the Holy Spirit as Paraclete who helps us stand • the differ...

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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.
0:20.3	All right, welcome to, this is day two for me, Daily Blade. Again,
0:25.1	my name is Pastor Josh Howardton from a church called Lake Point, the Dallas area. I'm
0:28.9	incredibly honored to be hosting this with you as a guest for the next couple days. Yesterday,
0:35.5	we started in 1st, Corinthians, 16, 13, and 14.
0:39.1	And yesterday we talked about what it means for a man of God to be watchful.
0:44.3	Today, we're going to talk about the next thing.
0:46.8	So let me read the verse, and let me talk about what we're going to talk about today.
0:50.9	The verse says that we're working through this week.
0:53.3	It says, be watchful,
0:55.2	stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong, let all that you do be done in love.
1:01.9	Okay. So yesterday we did be watchful. Today, I want to talk about what it means for us as men of God
1:07.1	to stand firm. Okay. Now, one of the things that this really drives into that I've
1:13.6	noticed in my life is Romans chapter 12, it gives us a command as people of God. It says,
1:20.1	do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
1:24.9	minds that you may be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will. Now, a lot of times, especially in Greek, when they're writing, they're writing in like word pictures, and we won't always get it. So there's something that verse a lot of times will miss. When he says, do not be conformed, but be transformed. When he says, do not be conformed to the pattern of this world.
1:45.5	The word pattern in the Greek that was originally written in, oftentimes that word pattern,
1:50.5	it was like a mold. Like if somebody was like, you know, a potter or something like that,
1:56.3	they would stick the clay in the mold and they would press it down to try to to try to conform it into the shape
2:01.6	of the mold and what the apostle paul is saying to us is that hey guys the world that you live in
2:06.9	the bible says that satan is the god of this world the world that you live in is largely controlled
2:12.3	by our enemy and that large aspects of this world are going to press on you and put pressure on you
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