Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Brothers in Christ, this weekly encouragement 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
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IRON MAN OIKODOME BOX TOP 132

So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel
saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Thus Israel saw the great work which
the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the
LORD and His servant Moses.[Exodus 14:30-31 NKJV]
Pharaohnoia
Bros pride and disobedience comes to mind when I think of Pharaoh. How many times did he
have to be told to realize you cant go against God? In many ways we all have a little Pharaoh
in usseems we have to be told or shown over and over again for us to get it or to realize
maybe God is trying to get my attention or tell me something. You would think with each
plaque OK that is enough for him to change course. But no way so God hardens his heart and
Pharaohnoia sets in, as he sees each of the plaques has come true, he sees the damage, but
he doesnt change course. Lets take a look at all the troubles he brought on himself and the
Egyptians. The order of the plaques that happened Blood, Frogs, Lice, Flies, Disease on
Beasts, Boils on Man and Beasts, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and Death Announced. You would
think at the first one he would have repented and relented and let Israel go but his pride and
disobedience stood in the way, his sins were keeping him on the path to destruction. As sin
was often always at the heart of all problems that Pharaoh had and of course at the heart of
ours to. But as usual no matter how things may happen during or after sin, there is
blindness, deafness, a hardening of the heart that refuses to see or acknowledge the
destruction and damage and often as a result the damage keeps going until there is complete
and utter destruction even unto the point of death. Then, when desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. [James 1:15 NKJV] But
most unrepentant souls get up for more as a boxer who keeps getting beaten and knocked
down, just cant quit or know when to quit. Well Pharaoh was such a fighter he kept going
back for more and wouldnt relent and as a result he got blood in the waters, frogs hopping
everywhere, lice galore, flies in the bluebell, diseased beasts, boils for everyone including
beasts, free ice on the houses, locusts stripping the greenery, darkness and no Pharaoh
couldnt or wouldnt see the light and then the first born babies in every house died except
God protected Israel with the Passover. I wonder what it takes for a man to listen to God. How
many times of great trouble, how many plaques are too many, in my opinion seems like one
should of turned a normal heart, yet we are all just like Pharaoh, God has to keep telling us
over and over. Pharaohs heart finally was slightly softened and he let Israel go but first God
allowed Pharaoh to fleece and plunder his own people then give the swag or plunder to Israel
as they walked out from under his bondage. Pharaoh had the audacity to have his armies
follow Israel and that didnt go well. He destroyed his people and himself through sin and
numerous warnings from God through Moses. Why Pharaoh didnt see the great work the Lord
did in Egypt plus all the miracles for Israel, fear the Lord, believe the Lord and His servant
Moses. What will it take to heed Gods wisdom? Pride comes before destruction, survey the
damage before it happens, see the warnings, be obedient, turn to God, stop and repent Amen!

Daniel Wright
ironmanoikodome.org
Proverbs 27:17
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