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 046 God [is] jealous, and the LORD avenges; The LORD avenges and [is] furious. The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves [wrath] for His enemies; (Nahum 1:2 NKJV). VENGEANCE Bros Nahum speaks of the divine judgment on Nineveh, Gods retribution on the sinfulness of Nineveh. After Jonah proclaimed his famous message and they respond by repenting. That revival took place about 760 B.C. and by 722 B.C. they had returned to their evil waysThen God calls Nahum about a century later 660 B.C. to announce His coming judgment and total destruction of Nineveh. God gave them chance after chance, mercy upon mercy, the hope of repentance is gone God has said enough, they have reached the end, they would not heed the call of Gods messenger when He sent Jonah and they have come to the end because they would not repent. God is loving and longsuffering with those who repent and turn from their sin. But those who continue on in their sin in rebellion against God after He has mercy and relents on their destruction from times past and now their number is up there will be no tapout seeking Gods mercy and forgiveness. Bros our God is all merciful and a loving forgiving God, He forgives our sins; He is longsuffering with us and cleanses us from our sins. And it seems like God sent revival for the land of Nineveh through the message that Jonah preached and delivered and it was short lived and they went back to the wickedness God had called them away from, so now as Nahum declares they are going to experience His full wrath with vengeance; the wrath that is reserved for His enemies Sin separates all from God, when in sin we are at enmity with God- meaning an enemy of God The very character of God, His righteousness, He is going to take vengeance, God is jealous and He will no longer stay His anger to those who are His enemies Because of on going sin, the revival that took place was not very deep, apparently it was not heart deepthey turned from their sins once- but went back. As a dog returns to his own vomit, [So] a fool repeats his folly (Proverbs 26:11 NKJV). Bros we dont know how many times God will be merciful to us if we have fallen back into un repented sin, we dont know when He might say enough is enough. When we are in sin we are at enmity with God and there is only one way to change that- it is to tapout and surrender our will for His will to give up our sin for repentance. We do know He is very merciful and long suffering, and forgiving and I pray we never get to the end of His mercy for each of us in our lives. It is not too late to turn back before you get to the end of His mercy to get right if you are like that dog in Proverbs. Turn to God, repent, abide in Him and dont turn your back on Him and He wont turn His back on you, draw near Him and He will draw near you- amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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