The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

We explore what it means to be Spirit-filled and why Ephesians 5:18 sits at the center of Christian power, practice, and everyday life. Dr. Mark Hitchcock shows how daily surrender transforms our homes, marriages, and work with joy, gratitude, and humble strength.

• meaning of being Spirit-filled as Spirit-controlled
• key contrasts with drunkenness in Ephesians 5:18
• grammar of the command: ongoing, passive, plural
• difference between indwelling and filling
• practical steps for daily surrender and obedience
• signs of filling: joy, gratitude, submission
• impact on marriage, parenting, and work life
• encouragement to let the Spirit be president

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We explore a simple daily practice: look at people, the past, and the future through the cross of Jesus. A vivid story of polar snow goggles anchors how a cruciform lens humbles pride, heals shame, and fuels purpose.

• the cross as the believer’s lens for life
• Paul’s focus on Christ crucified as a model
• the snow goggles metaphor to prevent spiritual blindness
• seeing nonbelievers with compassion not contempt
• honoring fellow believers as blood-bought family
• dismantling pride because salvation is all of grace
• releasing shame and guilt through Christ’s finished work
• approaching the future as service shaped by the cross
• a morning practice of “putting on cross goggles”

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We explore how God guides through both steps and stops, drawing from Acts 16 where Paul faces repeated closed doors yet keeps moving. We share two simple principles—keep doing what you know to do and trust that God orders both your progress and your pauses.

• acts 16 as a model for guidance
• the value of movement amid uncertainty
• how god uses closed doors to funnel direction
• practicing the general will while awaiting specifics
• discerning through scripture, counsel and circumstances
• encouragement for seasons of delay and bewilderment

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God sees everything and stands ready to give strong support to those who rely on Him. Through King Asa’s faith and folly, we show how trust in God changes marriages, families, work, and the church.

• 2 Chronicles 16:9 explained through Asa’s two crises
• God’s omniscience contrasted with His omnipotence
• Reliance as the mark of a whole heart
• Practical trust in marriage, family, work and church
• The factory foreman story as a picture of surrender
• Encouragement to trade weakness for God’s strength

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We trace David’s lowest moment at Ziklag and show how he found real strength when everything fell apart. We lay out four practical moves—person, past, promises, prayer—and close with David Livingstone’s fierce resolve to go forward.

• sword of the Spirit as our daily weapon
• context of 1 Samuel 30 and Ziklag
• grief, blame, and David at rock bottom
• strengthening yourself in God, not hype
• looking up to God’s character
• remembering past deliverance
• standing on clear promises
• returning to prayer and inquiry
• David Livingstone’s model of perseverance
• going forward with resilient hope

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