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 071 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."16But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat" (Matthew 14:15-16 NKJV). You Give Them Something Bros you ever feel like sometimes folks come across your path with overwhelming circumstances and needs, so much so that you feel you cannot help them in the least? I know I have, it could be a money situation for instance; like when someone needs money to pay rent or house payment it is way more than we have in our possession to help them. And we think we cannot help in the least way after all what would twenty or forty dollars do for them? Bros I can tell you from firsthand experience when you bless someone with the least amount even way less than they really need it can really still help plenty. For one thing I saw how a few dollars can lift your countenance up for that moment, it can carry you through the day, sometimes you can be so discouraged and a small act of kindness can be a huge blessing to someone in dire straits. But also it is easy to avoid these kinds of needs or to push them off on some other ministry, church, or pastor that deals with those types of needs. I mean you might not do it on purpose but it can overwhelm you so you want to send them away or elsewhere I believe in this story in the verses above that Jesus tells His disciples hey dont send the multitudes away because their need seems overwhelming but you feed them or take care of their needs. They are in the middle of nowhere a deserted place; they have nothing its late But first things first, Jesus says to take whatever you have and bring it to Him. And they said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish."18He said, "Bring them here to Me (Matthew 14:17-18 NKJV)." Next thing you know Jesus is looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples and the disciples gave to the multitudes. They had what seemed like so little yet when they put it in Jesus hands He multiplied it. I believe we need to put everything in Jesus hands and trust Him and have faith that He is able to do all things no matter how great the need or how overwhelming it may seem. He does not want us to run from or send away folks just because their need is too great for us, we need to take the need to Jesus because nothing is too great for Him to handle. And we need to remember this is what Jesus said Bring them here to Me. So bros the situation may be extremely overwhelming to us but Jesus loves when we bring everything to Him, trust Him to handle it and He will. Check out what happens when they brought it to the Lord! So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.21Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children (Matthew 14:20-21 NKJV). He is faithful even when we are faithless- You give them something; you give them Jesus, and then give them to Jesus, Bring them here to Me- Amen! Agape,
Daniel Wright Iron Man Oikodome Proverbs 27:17

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