Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Brothers in Christ, this monthly devotional 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 072 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me (Matthew 16:24 NKJV). JESUS SAID Bros we know that if we desire to come after Jesus there is a cost, and I do know that Jesus paid the cost for us for our sins. But I am referring to persecution for following Him because His Word says we will suffer persecution for following Christ that is the cost we will pay! But have we ever realized or experienced it? Or have we or will we pay the cost? Have we been charged the fee, are we paying the freight that will come to all that follow Christ? Have you racked up a huge cost or any cost at all- paid the cost of being about our Fathers business and following Jesus? I mean to say are we living that life of coming after Christ in every area of our existence and facing any persecution? Have you suffered persecution? Could we be lackadaisical meaning un-spirited or halfhearted in following Him? That question also causes me even more to examine my walk. Do we just lay low and only hang around church folks not that we shouldnt hangout with believers, but never going into the highways and byways- the danger zones and areas where we might face persecution? Are we repn Jesus in a way that brings glory and honor to His Name? Do we go to church and get our church on and then wonder around our towns aimlessly not coming after Jesus not living hard core for Him? If we are not experiencing persecution; we have to ask ourselves, are we following Jesus? What exactly are we doing? There has to be more to our walk than just going to church and hanging with godly folks- we have to come after Jesus and deny ourselves if we profess to follow Him at all. Maybe we have faced or suffered persecution at one time or another but if we have to think long and hard and we still can hardly remember it-if so, then we have to check our walk if it was so long ago we cannot remember the persecutionIf we are truly following Jesus we will experience persecution and if we are not something is up But Paul was persecuted for following Jesus almost daily and more than most of us could surviveYes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution (2Timothy 3:12 NKJV). For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps (1Peter 2:21 NKJV): Do you desire to come after Jesusthen do it! Follow Me Jesus said-amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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