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 118“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” [James 1:2-4 NKJV]

“MATURE”

Bros praise God for His tender mercies which are new everyday- even in the midst of our trials! I think most would agree that trials may not be pleasant for the moment, but the Lord is doing a work in us. When we are going through a trial and allow God to accomplish His will in our life for the betterment of ourselves in terms of the work He desires to do in us. After all we are His workmanship and He desires to strengthen our relationship with Him knowing this testing or proving of our faith will produce or another way to look at this would be God manufacturing what’s missing or what needs to take place to do the work in our heart and walk of obedience unto Him. When we allow Him to bring forth and cause this to take place so our hearts can be changed- it produces patience, which could mean to endure pain, or some type of delay of something we desire in our lives without complaining, persevering even until the end…When I think of Jesus being beaten and persecuted in silence without complaining, enduring the suffering of the scourging, even going on to be separated from God the Father for our sins-which was way more painful than the beating…persevering knowing this trial was going to bring Salvation to the world and you and me according to God’s purpose. “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.” [Isaiah 53:7 NKJV]The Lord says in His Word “But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” When we accept and receive with joy the trial we are in and allow God to do His perfect work in us that we may be perfect and complete. Perfect means mature, just as we grow older each day and age, we become more mature physically. God’s perfect will is that we endure these trials and count it all joy that we may be made perfect or mature spiritually through the testing of our faith that produces patience. During this time of waiting and trusting in the Lord for what He wants to accomplish by the testing of our faith that produces patience that we may be perfect or mature in Christ and complete in God, lacking absolutely nothing. Awesome to know that God is doing a work in us and He loves us so much to help us to get to the place He wants us to be in our walk with Him-amen!

Agape,Daniel Wrightironmanoikodome.org Proverbs 27:17

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