Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Brothers in Christ, this weekly encouragement is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in their walk with Him. Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." PRAYER REQUESTS: If you have any prayer requests please send them and I will send them out to the bros for prayer, if privacy is needed I will send in a discreet way.

IRON MAN OIKODOME BOX TOP 089 Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets also, exhorted and strengthened the brethren with many words (Acts 15:32 NKJV). MAKE TIME Bros, at the beginning of Acts 15 it says certain men that came down from Judea and tried to teach the Gentiles that they had to be circumcised according to the customs of Moses before they could be saved, this caused great dissention and dispute with Paul and Barnabas. So Paul, Barnabas and others went up to Jerusalem to bring this question to the apostles and elders as they came together to consider this matter. Peter then reminded them that a good while ago God chose by his mouth that the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel and believe. So he said the following in reference about the bad teaching in which the Gentiles had to be circumcised first in order to be saved-So God who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying theirs hearts by faith. So it was understood to them that it is by grace through their belief in Jesus Christ that all shall be saved, not just some, but all! So it pleased the apostles and elders to send out chosen men to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely Judas and Silas. So when they got to Antioch and got through straightening out the mess of bad teaching by certain men that came down from Judea about being circumcised and keeping the law. They exhorted and strengthened the brethren with many words The thing I think is so cool about this is that Judas and Silas took the time as did Paul and Barnabas, they ministered to the brethren, they stayed there a while. Thats what ministry is all about exhorting and strengthening the brethren. Bros, you see if we could do that right now in our place in history, slow down this fast paced, getter er done ministry mentality we sometimes can get caught up in and let God use us to minister to and encourage and strengthen the brethren around us on and in His time not our fast paced record breaking time. Can you imagine if we were not always rushed and took more time to exhort and strengthen the bros around us with many words? What would God do in and through you by His Holy Spirit? That is what they did at Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord with many others. I guess what I am saying is this is how this verse spoke to me is that we should spend more time encouraging other bros and less time rushing around from ministry opportunity to ministry opportunity it would be more edifying for the brethren and us too-Amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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