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."
DECEMBER 2008
“I NEED YOU JESUS”

Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those
who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

I am sure that most of us are at that place where we have been impacted by the economy one way or another. We
can now see there are a lot of things we do not need that we have thought we needed in the past to survive, to
endure this harsh place where we live and felt that most things were not a luxury but a necessity that we have
depended on in the past. It is amazing what we can do without or get by on when we don’t have it… Bros I can tell
you we all live in excess when it comes right down to it we are so spoiled and have become so dependant on the
way we have had everything that we have taken everything for granted. Please don’t get me wrong I know there
are a lot of hurting folks out there, I just mean we have it so good here in the good old USA even when times are
hard or at the worst we have it better than any other country or people around the world. When it comes down to it
the only need we really have need of and that is Jesus Christ. He is our answer to everything, when we have Jesus
what else or what other need is there. We need Jesus more than anything; we need Jesus Now, right Now. I Love
You Jesus, I need You Jesus, I thank You Jesus and I praise You Jesus as the song says. Just maybe this Christmas
we will all get the greatest gift ever given to mankind, I cannot think of anything we need more than Jesus, to get
Jesus in our hearts and let Him reign there continually. Let us that have this gift already start sharing the gift of
salvation with others in our family. I know some might not want to get anything started at the family get together’s
but we didn’t get this gift to hoard it. Jesus said …“Freely you have received, freely give.” Matthew 10:8
Consider this if you were to make a list with pen and two sheets of paper in hand, on the one sheet write at the
top “Things I am thankful and grateful to God for” write down everything you are thankful for and even grateful
for big or small every little thing include them all that you want to thank the Lord for the blessing. Then on the
other sheet of paper at the top write these words “Complaints to God”. I believe when you are finished with both
sheets and by the way make sure you do the “Things I am thankful & grateful to God for” first and “Complaints
to God” second, you will see that the one sheet will not have enough room to finish writing all the things you are
thankful and grateful for, and on the other sheet it will be blank with just the “Complaints to God” heading on
top. If you take a close look at the thankful sheet you will notice the only thing you will ever always have is the
need for Jesus in your heart today- right now this second! You will see we only have need of Jesus; He satisfies
us and all our needs totally, fully completely. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Bros pray for the unbelievers that will be reading this email right now as you are- please take a moment and lift
them up as I offer this prayer for those who have never made a commitment of faith in Jesus Christ. If you believe
and want to receive Jesus right now in your hearts please say this prayer and invite the Lord Jesus Christ into your
hearts; “believe and receive”
Dear Lord Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God and died on the cross for my sins and rose on the third day. I
want to confess I am a sinner and I need forgiveness for all my sins and only You can forgive my sins, please
forgive me and make me whole and white as snow. I want to commit my life to You Lord Jesus from this day
forward and ask that You would fill me and baptize me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to study Your Word the
Bible everyday and find a Bible teaching church where I can become part of Your Body and grow more in love
with You Lord Jesus. I pray all these things in Jesus name, Amen! If you prayed this prayer and mean it “Welcome
to the family of God!”

For those who are believers but may have slipped from fellowship with the Lord Jesus and are back slider’s and
want to get right with the Lord Jesus Christ right now and rededicate their lives, please take a moment and get right
with God right now, don’t wait this might be your last chance, we don’t know the hour the Lord might take our
very lives this moment might be our last, please bros if you have fallen away and need to get right the Lord is
waiting for you and praying for you this very second He knows what’s going on in your life, He can change
everything in the twinkling of an eye, but first you need to let Him change your heart. Rededicate your heart to
Jesus, if you need help praying you might say a prayer something like this;
Dear Lord Jesus please help me I have fallen away from You and want to get right with You and confess my sins, I
have put other things over You and in front of You Lord and I want to make You first in my life. Please Lord
forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness and all my sins and wash me and cleanse me and make me
whole again. Lord Jesus I commit my heart and life to You Lord Jesus to have Your way with me, search my heart
and see if there is any unclean way in me and lead me in the way of everlasting. I rededicate my life to You Lord
Jesus and commit my heart fully over to You Lord Jesus. I thank You and Praise You in Jesus name- Amen!
“Welcome back bro, we missed you!”
Ok bros, now everyone who is reading this should be saved or believed and received Jesus and or rededicated their
lives to the Lord Jesus Christ I pray. Now take your gift that you received freely and give it to someone in your
family, someone at that Christmas party, someone at work, someone at that Christmas dinner, someone in line
standing next to you, that person that makes you that $3.00 coffee drink everyday for you, sitting right next to you
on the bus or at work share about the love and the free gift of Jesus Christ, you have received the greatest gift to
humankind this earth has ever known for free- it didn’t cost you anything but it cost Jesus a lot He paid the
maximum price for you and me, He laid down His life on that cross so it wasn’t cheap, He gave His all for you, He
gave His best for you, He said you were worth everything it cost Him to purchase you, this Christmas you can give
the greatest and most expensive gift ever and your Savior picked up the tab and paid it in full for your soul and
mine my friend so please don’t hoard this gift, but give it away and save a soul from hell today. …“Freely you
have received, freely give.” You and I need Jesus and so does the whole world- including our families…
We need You Jesus and we want to thank You Jesus for saving us, come quickly Lord!
Your bro in Christ,
Daniel Wright
Iron Man Oikodome
Proverbs 27:17

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