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.

OCTOBER 2010

“FULL THROTTLE”
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a
way that you may obtain it” (1Corinthians 9:24 NKJV).

Bros sometimes we can forget and become complacent but remember we are running a race make it
count as you run towards the Lord, don’t waste energy, and get caught in small talk or meaningless
words, idle talk, use words that have power- Gods Word!… Go for the prize! Don’t run in circles like a
dog chasing after their tail… Make it count go Full Throttle for the prize- time is short. When you look
around this world in which we live in and see all the complacent people just seemly stuck where they are
and it seems like nothing is real, sincere or genuine anymore. It is even like everyone has become
programmed or instructed just to be able to say what we always think of as normal salutations. For
instance have you ever walked into a store and immediately from behind a clothes rack, or over a PA
system or behind a cappuccino machine someone blurts out and mumbles some prescreened prepared
words or maybe it is a teleprompter they are using to try to welcome you and make you feel welcomed.
It’s like they are not even looking at you or acknowledging you but seem to be on auto pilot to greet
every customer, not that this bad but it reeks of a lack of sincerity and canned response. The words
used to greet folks have lost there meaning in today’s world… It is the same most everywhere you go, it
almost seems like you know when you walk into or across a door threshold at a store or place of
business a bell dings to let them know someone has just walked into and it kicks on this canned
salutation response; at least they could customize it and say “yeah you over there in the blue shirt I’m
talking to you” and of course then we could say “you talkin to me?”
It seems we are losing our ability to communicate in a genuine normal manner even in our own personal
communications; look at emails they have become messages without addressing the person by name
that is getting it- they just start talking and you pick up midstream, no one now reads emails of any
length, anything over a paragraph, maybe because the emails are delivered right into our hands holding
our phones. Or is it because we don’t want to take the time to talk and address each other in a personal
matter anymore, is everyone becoming more distant with one another or no time for each other. Texting
is comprised of the new Ebonics of our language and communication, some of it is actually a result of
not being able to spell I understand that but what I am saying is folks don’t have time for each other
unless we can say it in 140 characters or less… and even then is it anything of sincerity or worthy of
texting or is it just more nonsense or junk messages that we need… The messages are powerless; they
have lost the true meaning because there is nothing behind them or in them, no sincerity, no love, or no
heart just popular innuendos…
I guess it seems like we all have time for all the things we think are advanced communication, but most
of the technology we have today is used for mostly advancing trivial things, pointless silent chatter with
no expression or sense of what is meant because we cannot see facial emotion or expressions or
recognition of any gestures that are normal parts of personal face to face communication…. Also
because the phrases used to express different emotions and feelings are maybe over used and have
lost implied meaning or effectiveness because of over used symbolisms to convey the message. To
show what is implied and conveyed in the words shared. Something is lost in communication translation;
we have moved away from personal intimate conversations, everything seems so superficial to the point
where people seem fake… not because they are but because technology has made everything so
impersonal.
Bros I want to encourage you in this high technological age, in which we live let us seek God with all our
heart to reach this lost and dying world, run that we may obtain it for the Lord! Don’t lose sight of being a
witness for the Lord! I can see how families aren’t as close anymore even as when I grew up and we
need to use every resource God allows us to have to share the Gospel. That is why it is so important to
memorize and clearly share scripture and be ready to give the simple truth of the Gospel, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth of God, whether we are talking face to face, texting, social networking, tweeting
or sending an email… Bros be Spirit Led Spirit Filled On Fire Born Again Bible Believing Evangelical
Christians. We don’t have much time to be a witness or share the Gospel so it seems, so make every
word, every step count for the Lord Jesus Christ “Full Throttle”. How shall we do that, by being first a
clean vessel that the Lord can use! David the sinner prays for forgiveness and cleansing and then upon
receiving this said “Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You”
(Psalm 51:13 NKJV).
Then by using the Word of God, it is more powerful than anything we could ever say. Remember in this
modern communication world of few words let your words count and be the Lords Words.
“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall
accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11 NKJV).
You see all this technology that gets all of the worlds messages out there doesn’t have any meaning or
power in it, sure it has power to get it out there- but when you are sharing the Word of God “now there is
Power” in His Word- Amen!

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart” (Hebrew 4:12 NKJV).
Use Gods Word, more powerful than the speeding technological advances of our time… Power Words
from the Lord go Full Throttle Bros!
Agape,
Daniel Wright
Iron Man Oikodome
Proverbs 27:17
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