https://odb.org/2025/07/21/shelters-of-gods-care Isaiah 32:1–4 (NIV): 32 See, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will rule with justice. 2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. 3 Then theContinue reading “Shelter from storms”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
The poor and us as believers
https://odb.org/2025/07/17/loving-jesus-most Deuteronomy 15:1–11 (NIV): 15 At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts. 2 This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people because the LORD’s time for cancelling debtsContinue reading “The poor and us as believers”
Be transformed by the renewing of our minds
https://odb.org/2025/07/16/habits-and-the-holy-spirit Romans 12:1–3 (NIV): 12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then,Continue reading “Be transformed by the renewing of our minds”
Jesus prays for us
https://odb.org/2025/07/15/the-prayers-of-jesus Luke 22:28–34 (NIV): 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.31 “Simon, Simon, SatanContinue reading “Jesus prays for us”
Our own broken cisterns
https://odb.org/2025/07/14/digging-for-meaning Jeremiah 2:13 – “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. The background to Jeremiah 2 is that the Israelites had forsaken God and worshipped the prevalent dieties of the lands surrounding Canaan notwithstanding YahwehContinue reading “Our own broken cisterns”
Life in Christ
https://odb.org/2025/07/11/life-in-christ Amos 5:4-6: 4 This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live; 5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal, will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.” 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweepContinue reading “Life in Christ”
God is there
https://odb.org/2025/07/10/god-is-there Psalm 139:7–12 (NIV): 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,if I settle on the far side of the sea,10 even thereContinue reading “God is there”
Do not quench the Spirit
https://odb.org/2025/07/09/panic-in-a-cave 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 (NIV): 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.23 May God himself, the God ofContinue reading “Do not quench the Spirit”
The mysteries of the Kingdom
https://odb.org/2025/07/08/prayer-of-desperation John 11:17–25 (NIV): 17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, sheContinue reading “The mysteries of the Kingdom”
A diligent worker for Christ
https://odb.org/2025/07/07/growing-up-in-god 2 Timothy 2:14–16 (NIV): 14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarrelling about words; it is of no value and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handlesContinue reading “A diligent worker for Christ”
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