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.

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Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up
after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry
trees. And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the
mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you
to strike the camp of the Philistines." So David did as God commanded him, and
they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. Then the
fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon
all nations. [1Chronicles 14:14-17 NKJV]

MULBERRY TREES

Bros in the above verse it is Davids second time inquiring of the Lord to go up against the
Philistines. The first time was in this verse God tells him to go for it- And David inquired of
God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" The
LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand. [1Chronicles 14:10 NKJV]

Now God tells him not to go up after them, but He gives David a plan for victory. First time He
let David charge in and defeat the Philistines, but this time God has a plan and method He
wants David to follow.

The cool thing is David does exactly as the Lord told him and he has complete victory and God
allows him to gain fame throughout the land and with that fame brought fear of him upon all
nations.

Another great reminder when we wait on the Lord and do it His way there is freedom and great
victory. God doesnt just give him victory but allows him to be propelled into a man of great
reputation, as a man of God, as a man who inquires of the Lord, as a man who is listening to
God, as a man of obedience, as a man who waits on the Lord, as a man after Gods own heart,
also God is directing and ordering his steps, giving victory to, using and blessing him.

Truly this is what we all desire in our life and walk with the Lord. First we must surrender,
submit, commit, inquire, listen, wait, obey, have faith, take action and receive what the Lord
desires when we hear the marching in the tops of the Mulberry trees; then we shall go out to
battle, the Lord has gone before us to give us victory in every battle. Bros wait on the Lord and
trust Him, He is able, He is for you and if that be so, who can be against you-amen!

What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?
[Romans 8:31 NKJV]

Agape,
Daniel Wright
ironmanoikodome.org
Proverbs 27:17

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