Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/22/love-your-loved-ones In my 40 years as a believer, I have seen at least a few instances of people in ministry having falling out with one another leading to splits in church. A lot of pain and sorrow and sometimes our faith is destroyed through disillusionment and disappointment. In fact I was part of a groupContinue reading “Reconciliation in Ministry”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/21/never-say-cant I’ll say that this is often a situation faced by many of us in responding to our call from God. God has a calling for each and every one of us. But as we contemplate responding to His call, we look at ourselves and most of the time we feel we are inadequate, notContinue reading “Our Calling in God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/19/spotting-god Today’s ODB life example of spotting as a technique to overcome the dizziness that comes from doing a ballet spin or pirouette is an excellent illustration on how to keep God in focus when we face problems in life. A ballerina will get dizzy and fall when doing a pirouette if she lets herContinue reading “Spotting God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/18/lift I had seen a documentary on aircrafts and aircraft carriers and didn’t quite understand until this morning the concept of the aircraft flying into the wind to achieve lift even as the aircraft is catapulted into the air due to the short runaways. The British resolved this issue by using Harrier jump jets thatContinue reading “Flying Into The Wind”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/17/being-seen As leaders or seniors or managers serving or working in teams, we constantly need to be on a lookout for promising people under or around us. This is relevant at work as well as in ministry or church. At work, we call this succession planning, basically, identifying others who may take our place inContinue reading “Succession Planning”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/16/wise-advice I think in life we realise that it is not always what is said but who says it. And it doesn’t matter what is the context – it is quite a similar situation whether at work, in school or in church. Who says what matters more than what was said. I think that isContinue reading “Taking Advice”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/15/we-are-one Romans 12:2 is a well known verse that encourages us to not to conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we may be able to test and approve the good, pleasing and perfect will of God. It basically means we don’t follow theContinue reading “Living Sacrifice”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/14/the-power-of-love-4 As Christians, we sometimes think of love as something that is beyond just human love because of Jesus’s love for us. We know that the ultimate love is one that is willing to sacrifice one’s life for another and Jesus died for all humankind so that we may be reconciled back to God. WillingnessContinue reading “Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/13/not-forgotten-3 I have written before in this Blog or perhaps earlier that there are times when we do God’s work that the results are not immediate or apparent. Some results are only seen in the longer term or in years to come or even in next generations as often seen in the work done byContinue reading “Not Forgotten”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/12/living-by-faith A fundamental aspect of our belief system as a Christian is faith. We are justified by faith, not by works. Our salvation and our place in heaven is a gift from God, made possible only by the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection thereafter. Therefore, our faith in Jesus ChristContinue reading “Living by Faith”