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 036 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: "I [was] no prophet, Nor [was] I a son of a prophet, But I [was] a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit.15Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel (AMOS 7:14-15NKJV). THE LORD TOOK ME Bros right before this verse listed above Amaziah the priest told Amos to go and never prophesy at Bethel for it is the kings sanctuary and it is the royal residence. To flee to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there prophesy. But when God calls you and God equips you and He puts you where He wants you to be, you cant but not obey Him. Amos never set out to be a prophet, God took him and made him oneBros when God calls us and puts us in an area of ministry and for the most part, most folks dont even set out to serve in a particular ministry. It always seems like we are just serving and doing something where we believe the Lord has placed us, we have willing hearts that are given over to serving the Lord and are responding to a need and then as we continue to serve we find ourselves engaging and serving in various ministries. And this has happened to me on several occasions and I am sure many of you where you never set out to serve in a certain ministry but now find yourself overseeing a ministry and you find you have a giftedness from the Lord in that ministry that you never knew you had and found a place where as you look and analyze it that God took you there and He placed you there. At first we might think we stumbled onto to some ministry position of serving but as we look over and look back we find maybe a series of what seem like super natural events or circumstances that brought us to that place and we find that God has called us there. We can find no other explanation and we know we belong there because God took us and placed us there. Just as we read what Amos said to Amaziah? Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: "I [was] no prophet, Nor [was] I a son of a prophet, But I [was] a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit.15Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel (AMOS 7:14-15NKJV). Amos was a sheepbreeder and he tended to fruit trees basically he was a farmer but God called him to be a prophet. Amos sees the nearness of Gods judgment and tries to turn the nation to repentance. So God took a Farmer named Amos and placed him as a His prophet in a nation that was rotting away to desolation and destruction. The point is bros God can place us anywhere He desires and maybe you find yourself in an unusual spot of ministry of serving and might be wondering what you are doing there and maybe you did not set out to serve there, and maybe you cant figure it out but if it is answers you want, and need to know then look to the Lord for the answers chances are God placed you there, He took you there! So bros wherever the Lord has you, serve Him with all of your heart, soul, body, mind & strength let Him take you wherever He wants to take you- no better place to be than where the Lord took you- amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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