Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/08/generosity-and-joy I think as researchers have pointed out, there are people who give because it gives them joy. It makes them happy to give and I think it is true because we are happy knowing that we have done something meaningful. We have helped someone in need. But at the end of the day, IContinue reading “Giving with Joy”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/07/jesus-is-here Matthew 28:20 contains a significant promise from Jesus that He will be with us till the end of age. He will actually be with us for all eternity but when He said until the end of age, He meant being with us here on earth. This promise is significant because if the end ofContinue reading “Until the End of Age”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/06/the-kindness-of-candor I guess all of us would have faced this situation before. You know of someone who is a nice person, easy to hang out with and has pleasant personality, but he has a weakness. A very apparent one, in fact. Like he sometimes like to boast and exaggerate or he just speaks too muchContinue reading “Candour”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/05/confident-in-god One of the direct benefits of our relationship with God after accepting Jesus is the restoration of the direct line of communication with Him. Adam and Eve had that close contact with God in Eden but sin scuppered it when Satan deceived Adam and Eve to eat the fruit, the only thing they wereContinue reading “Confidence in God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/03/spotting-rainbows I just attended a retreat last weekend where the very gifted and articulate speaker and facilitator used the song Walking With Jesus to teach and carry his teaching across. In essence, we may sometimes go through our life journeys without seeing Jesus as though He is in the shadows – to us He mayContinue reading “Jesus Walking Alongside”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/02/set-apart Be kind and compassionate with one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ, God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32). As much as we want to be like others, to burst into anger and rage when we are wronged and to seek justice (sometimes that’s just an euphemism for revenge or getting even), we areContinue reading “Right Side Up Living”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/01/coffee-and-a-muffin What is the basis of Christian giving? I guess at the foundation of it all is the principle that our money, possessions and assets are not fully ours in the first place. Legally ours yes but not fully ours in the sense that we recognise the provision and grace of God in us acquiringContinue reading “Giving”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/31/hope-cuts-through-storms As seen in Psalm 107, the tempest lifted high the waves which mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths. Thus in their peril their courage melted away, they reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end. They then cried out to the LORD in their trouble andContinue reading “Calming the Storm”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/30/healing-for-the-whole-world As God reconciled mankind to Him through Christ, we are likewise called to a ministry of reconciliation to also reconcile our family, friends and relatives to God and between them as well. It is a role that we can never avoid since our Heavenly Father Himself is very much into reconciliation as He aptlyContinue reading “A Ministry of Reconciliation”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/28/narrow-door-cafe When we read Luke 13:22-30, we tended to read it that Jesus meant the narrow door there is the same as the narrow gate He spoke about in Matthew 7:13-14. I guess in the broader sense, we could equate the teaching to be similar and its application to be also somewhat similar, except thatContinue reading “The Narrow Door”