Knowing God as Father - S24E7

Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin

Pastor Joby Martin

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.9 • 549 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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What if the most important thing about being a dad isn’t what you do for your kids, but whether you know God as Father? In this final week of Stand Firm and Act Like Men, Pastor Joby Martin and author Charles Martin unpack what it really means to “be a godly dad” by first becoming a son who knows Abba Father. Through powerful stories of rescue, hospital nights, broken dreams, and fatherly hugs and kisses, they trace how our experiences with earthly dads can wound us, shape us—and ultimately be healed and redefined by the perfect love of our heavenly Father. They explore the intimacy of Jesus calling God “Abba,” the difference between living like a slave and living like a son, the weight and privilege of carrying the title “father,” and the hope available for men, women, and single moms who long for redemption in their family stories. As you listen, where do you need to stop trying to muscle through on your own and finally look up and pray, “Father, would You please father me?” 📣Episode Mentions:• Scripture Passage: Romans 8:14-15, John 12:49-50• Hosts: Pastor Joby Martin, Charles Martin and Ali Parsons• Stand Firm and Act Like Men by Joby Martin 📌 Supplemental Resources From This Week:• The Manliest Thing a Dad Can Do - Bill's Story • Be A Godly Dad - Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Wk 7• Be a Godly Dad - Stand Firm & Act Like Men: Wk 7 (Full Service) • Stand Firm and Act Like Men Sermon Series Series • Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin About The Church of Eleven22The Church of Eleven22® is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. Eleven22 is led by Pastor Joby Martin and based in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple campuses throughout Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin.
0:03.7	The Church of 1122 is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ.
0:10.6	And we're praying this message helps you deepen your relationship with him.
0:15.2	Now let's dive in.
0:17.5	Okay, welcome back to the Deepen podcast.
0:19.9	This is the final week of our Stand firm and act like men series where we've
0:24.8	unpacked lots of angles of manhood, biblical manhood, and we're closing out the series with
0:31.3	be a godly dad by none other than the Charles Martin.
0:35.6	That's right.
0:36.3	And we're record, we're pre-recording this, so we're a little
0:39.6	bit ahead of, you haven't preached this yet. So we're going to do our best to oscillate between
0:44.3	this conversation and what we think you're going to preach on. Great, good, thank you. But the topic
0:48.3	of fatherhood is not going to change between here and when you preach, we hope. But also this week,
0:53.8	my dad is the bumper video.
0:56.4	Really?
0:56.7	Yeah.
0:57.3	And I was just telling Charles, this is going to be an emotional week.
0:59.9	I'm going to be a puddle because it's my dad and then Charles, my spiritual father.
1:04.0	I hope he wears the most loud pants possible.
1:07.6	No, he will.
1:08.7	And you know why they chose him?
1:10.0	Because, you know, Charles, you're a man's
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