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
discreet way.

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Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the
same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no
longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for
the will of God. For we [have spent] enough of our past lifetime in doing the will
of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries,
drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.[1Peter 4:1-3 NKJV]
Ceased from Sin
Christ experienced great pain in the flesh and suffered severely for our sinful behavior that we
might be free from the eternal pain and suffering of our sins. He did this for us at great
physical and spiritual expense because of His great love for us- can you imagine? I believe
there are many times we might take this totally for granted and maybe not that far, but we
do lose sight of His great love and the significance of the enduring suffering He did experience
in the flesh then and even now when He grieves in His heart for us as the result of our sinful
behavior. Bros that is a good reason why we should arm ourselves with the same mind
because we are going to suffer too! Also, so we can defeat the enemy and have victory over sin
through the power of the blood of Christ. We dont want to grieve the Lord or Holy Spirit by
continuing on in sin. Such a great price was paid for us and no one could ever carry that debt
that was due- except Christ. Because Christ suffered in His flesh for us and put to death His
flesh for us not that He was a sinner But because we are sinners and as an example to us
that we should put to death or mortify our flesh for sins sake to exterminate and eradicate it
from our walk. No longer bound up in the flesh and being held prisoner to the flesh but free
from it through the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary for the remission of our
sins. Our time here is short bros; we do not have time to live for the flesh, but taking the time
and making every moment of our lives to live for Christ and the will of God in our lives. We will
not regret moments lived for Christ but will regret living every second of pleasure spent in
sin We can no longer waste precious moments in idleness, complacency and or ungodly
behavior and thoughts of lust and deceived pleasure
Peter addressing this epistle to Christians reminding them that they spent enough time
already in the flesh, trying to appease the will of the appetite of the flesh which cant be
satisfied, the flesh will kill itself trying to satisfy itself with its destructive and deadly appetite.
This is why it has to die bros; Jesus laid down His life as the example to us and for us to
follow. His life on earth had to end to pay for our sins and our sins have to end for life
abundantly in Him! So with the acceptance of Christ we no longer live for the will of our flesh
but for the will of God-amen!
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those
who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God. [John 1:12-13 NKJV]
Agape,
Daniel Wright

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