#362 - Joby Martin // Real Prosperity Starts When You Abide In Christ

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Prosperity is a loaded word, and Psalm 1 doesn’t let us keep shallow definitions. We slow down on the image of a man who becomes like a tree planted by streams of water, steady through heat, fruitful in season, and unwithered over time. That picture raises a hard, honest question: are we actually rooted in what can sustain us, or are we chasing quick growth with no depth? We connect Psalm 1 to Jesus’ invitation in John 15 to abide in Him. Using vivid garden language, we talk about the real w...

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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
0:12.8	and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:19.9	All right, welcome to day four in Psalm chapter one. Again, I'm reading
0:23.5	it every day. Maybe some of you would memorize this Psalm by the end of this week. Says this,
0:28.7	Blessed is the man who walks not in the council of the wicked, nor stands in the way of the
0:32.7	center, nor sits in the seat of the scoffer, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law,
0:38.8	he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit
0:44.7	in season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so,
0:52.8	but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore, the wicked
0:56.4	will not stand in judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the Lord knows the way
1:02.1	of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Today I want to look at verse three. It says,
1:08.7	He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit
1:13.0	in its season and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Let me ask you this
1:19.8	question. Do you want to prosper? Do you want a prosperous life? Every man I know wants to have a
1:25.4	prosperous life. Well, I got good news. Jesus wants you to prosper.
1:30.1	We'll talk about that in a second. How? How are we to be like a tree that prospers? Well, first and
1:36.3	foremost, we've got to be planted by streams of water so that we yield fruit in its season,
1:42.0	and our leaves won't wither. Well, and this is talking about our
1:45.5	relationship with Jesus. That's what it's talking about. In John chapter 15, Jesus gives this
1:50.1	incredible invitation and he uses this garden imagery. I talk about it all the time because it is
1:55.6	the perfect picture of mortification and vivification. There's some things in your life that are killing your relationship with Jesus,
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