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 047 The LORD [is] slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit [the wicked]. The LORD has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds [are] the dust of His feet. (Nahum 1:3 NKJV). Slow to Anger Bros arent you glad the Lord does not fly off the handle and go on a rampage in an angry fit With His great power I would not want to know what that was like So grateful He is slow to anger and great in power. Gods wrath has been declared to Nineveh and He is going to take them down. In their rebellion they are past the time of turning away from their sins and responding to His great mercy. God is so slow to anger and oh so merciful and bros we all know that to be true in our own lives It only takes a moment to reflect back on our lives before coming to Christ and realizing what a sinful rat we were and if we were God we might not have put up with someone like ourselves for as long as God did with us. I am always so amazed at God how He can be so merciful and longsuffering with us and slow to anger and as we read this verse in Nahum that there can be an end of His mercy and no more relenting of anger and the point where he gives them over to their rebelliousness, in other words what that wicked rebelliousness has earned them permanently. They rebelled against God and would not turn and now are going to be overthrown with vengeance. The Lord previously came into their lives in great mercy and witnessed them now go through their past rebellion again and was slow to anger wanting them to turn back to Him, now reluctant and not relenting His great power to bring them down not giving them mercy God was with them in the whirlwind of life how fast it seems to fly by, that time of repenting, that window of opportunity, lost-forever gone! And every situation even the storms that life can bring and now they are in the shadow of the clouds of His judgment, His feet has stirred up clouds like dust that covers them and they are left to live forever in that filth of deadly rebellion. When God walks into your life you know He is there and feel and sense His presence its obvious but they are feeling and knowing and seeing God stomp out of their lives they have stirred up His anger. He gave them every chance and more mercy then we could ever fathom yet they thought they could continue on in their sin and get away with their sin. They must have thought like we do sometimes that Gods mercy is never ending. Bros I know His mercies are great but I never want to know or get to the end of His mercy. It is so important that if we find ourselves in sin or rebellion against God that we turn away from our sins right now this very second. Turn back to God while there is still hope, still time and His mercy is still available- dont wait bro do it now! Take advantage of his loving patience, slowness to anger, mercy, & grace that only our Father can have on us but also we know He wont acquit the wicked or rebellious who have turned away from Him to evil and wickedness and stay in that place, but He has mercy on those who turn back to Him and repent-amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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