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April 2006That's cookin with love not gas....
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend
Brothers in Christ, this monthly email is meant to be an
encouragement to all and to buildup and edify in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord has been putthis on my
heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay'} to
buildup and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in
their walk with Him.
Romans 14:19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for
peace and the things bwhich one may edify another.
1Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more
precious than gold thatperishes, though it is tested by fire, may
be found to praise, honor, and glory at therevelation of Jesus
Christ
The Lord knows what we need. Even though we don't quite know
what weneed. Sometimes He allows us to go through a fire to show us
what He wants to change inus or He may show us a fire someone else
is going through to lead us in the direction He
wants us to go and grow.Exodus 13:21 And the Lord went before
them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way,and by night in a
pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and
night.
I don't think once we have gone through a trial and He has
brought about changes in ourhearts. As we look back and can see
those changes. We would have guessed a trial like theone we went
through would produce that type of change in us. But God knows the
endresult. He knows just the right amount of heat to allow to
accomplish His desired results.Sometimes we think we are going to
fry and we cry.....out and now God has our attentionand we are
looking and evaluating our lives and seeing what could God possibly
beshowing us.
I mean after all we are near perfect...., then bam! Where is
this coming from is this the Loror are these circumstances that I
find myself in because of bad stewardship, bad timing,wrong place
and the wrong time..... Reaping what I have sown or is this the
Lord showingme, teaching me, calling me, asking me to hear Him,
asking if I can see what He wants meto see or feel the things He is
trying to do to soften my heart. Seeing if I am sensitive to
thleading of His Holy Spirit.Waiting for me to ask Him to please
show me and teach me what He wants me to see,hear, feel and know.
Crying out Lord teach me so I won't burn inward, so I won't suffer
somuch. I want to learn what you want me to learn so I won't get
burned in this fiery trial.Lord make my heart to know and receive
Your Will and pattern my mind after You so thatmy thoughts are
dwelling on whatever is pure and lovely in your courts.
If we want a soft boiled egg we know we have to place it in
boiling water for exactly threeminutes. If we cook it any longer it
becomes a hard boiled egg. And when we are in a fierytrial I don't
believe the Lord wants us to become a hard boiled egg! He knows
just the rightamount of time and temperature to get the results for
a "good egg" not one that becomehard.So you see when you feel the
heat as you are walking with the Lord, know that the resultsare His
desire. When you find yourself in the midst of a fire or in a pan
of hot boiling waterask the Lord to show you what He is trying to
teach you and where He wants you to growand how He wants you to
handle this situation or what to do in this area of my life.
PraiseHim for doing the work He is doing in your life right now,
painful as it might be the results
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will be His when you come through the fire. Knowing that He
loves you and His results arebeing produced. Ask Him to accomplish
all He desires to do in your heart. He will purify yoand do things
you never imagined and make you a mighty man of God by His fire,
Histesting, His trial, His way and His results, be cause results
matter to Him, God is intoresults. Our prayer ought to be for the
results that remind us, reproof us, rewire us,reprogram us, renew
us, revitalize us, re grow us, reground us, refresh us, reintroduce
us,recharge us, revive us, rejuvenate us, resuscitate us and
restore us as we cry out "Abba,Father"
Bros don't give up, whatever the trial, you may be only three
shovels away from the gold,but .....
that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious
than gold that perishes,though it is tested by fire, may be found
to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation ofJesus Christ.
1Peter 1:7
And remember there were three who went through a fiery trial
before us and the Lord waswith them and they came out unburned, you
see God "delivered His servants who trustedin Him". Daniel 3:28
James 1:2-4My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into
various trials, 3 knowing thatthe testing of your faith produces
patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, thatyou may be
perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
What profit can we have from trials, what good results come from
trials? Whatever Hewants to accomplish and this is where this
saying must have originated "It's All Good" ifit's His results. In
Jesus' trial here on earth, He was rejected by the people, refused
a fatrial, rebuffed beyond our understanding, He was a repulse to
those (you & me) whocrucified Him because of their (our) sin,
which He repeatedly lays down His life for. ButGods Results were
when He went obediently to the cross and died for you and me,
That's
Love!. He was resurrected for us so we could live and be
forgiven, that's love. Do you seand know the profit from our Lord
going through a trial that would be greater than anythinwe could
ever imagine, in His trial He died for us, That's Love!. In His
trial it was to save usthat's Grace and in our trial it's to draw
us closer to Him, That's Love.That's why God allowsome trials for
us to be able to repent so we won't keep repeating what sent our
Lord tothe cross to die for, our sin, because we could never repay
Jesus for what He did, that'slove. So we could live eternally with
Him our Redeeming, Reigning and Righteous KinJesus Christ. Teach us
Lord, show us Lord, so we can be near you Lord, for youare pure and
holy and we want to praise, honor and glorify you Jesus our
Savior.
1Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more
precious than gold that
perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise,
honor, and glory at therevelation of Jesus Christ
May you see and know His loving Results today,Daniel
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