https://odb.org/2026/06/30/praying-to-grow 1 Corinthians 3:1–9 (NIV): 3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are stillContinue reading “Praying to grow”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
Who is our neighbour?
https://odb.org/2026/06/26/whos-my-neighbor Luke 10:30–37 (NIV): 30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, heContinue reading “Who is our neighbour?”
The fatherless find compassion in God
https://odb.org/2026/06/25/the-fathers-open-arms Hosea 14:1–3 (NIV): 14 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God.Your sins have been your downfall!2 Take words with youand return to the LORD.Say to him:“Forgive all our sinsand receive us graciously,that we may offer the fruit of our lips.3 Assyria cannot save us;we will not mount warhorses.We will never again say ‘Our gods’to what ourContinue reading “The fatherless find compassion in God”
Nothing is impossible with God
https://odb.org/2026/06/24/faith-rooted-in-god Matthew 19:23–26 (NIV): 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter theContinue reading “Nothing is impossible with God”
Leave the edges of your field
https://odb.org/2026/06/22/ready-to-be-generous Leviticus 19:9-10 9 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edgesq of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second times or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and theContinue reading “Leave the edges of your field”
Shalom – peace that transcends all understanding
https://odb.org/2026/06/19/the-path-of-life Proverbs 3:1–6 (NIV): 3 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.Continue reading “Shalom – peace that transcends all understanding”
The LORD God our shelter
https://odb.org/2026/06/18/run-for-shelter Psalm 91:9–16 (NIV): 9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, 10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you upContinue reading “The LORD God our shelter”
Highway of Holiness
https://odb.org/2026/06/16/the-way-of-holiness Isaiah 35:8–10 (NIV): 8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. 9 No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast;they will not beContinue reading “Highway of Holiness”
Generosity as a Christian virtue
https://odb.org/2026/06/15/given-to-give 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 (NIV): 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly,Continue reading “Generosity as a Christian virtue”
Beauty in the dead of winter
https://odb.org/2026/06/12/seasons-of-love Romans 5:6–8 (NIV): 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were stillContinue reading “Beauty in the dead of winter”
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