Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/27/the-forecasters-mistake Today’s ODB highlights a pertinent point especially in these last days, these end times of whom do we listen to? Through Jeremiah, God told the Israelites that they must stop listening to prophets who proclaimed peace and prosperity but they were not sent by the LORD for they proclaim peace despite the disobedience andContinue reading “Whom Do We Listen To?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/26/turn-up-the-heat When we order a nice cup of gourmet or local coffee, we like it pipping hot. We know that the aroma and taste of the coffee fully comes out when it is properly heated with boiling hot water. However, when we actually drink it, we don’t mind if it’s lukewarm or it becomes lukewarmContinue reading “Neither Hot Nor Cold”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/25/run-away When I was in my teens I joined in to listen to a conversation between my dad and his brother (my uncle) who was a martial arts instructor. This uncle shared that the purpose in learning martial arts and to train is not to prove who is the better fighter but to be ableContinue reading “Best Defence Is To Run”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/24/generous-giving One of the things we can never avoid as people of the faith is to emulate the character of our Heavenly Father. In other words, we cannot avoid becoming more Christ like if we truly love Christ as God’s goal for us is for us to be more Christ like – see Romans 8:29.Continue reading “Generosity”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/23/in-the-end It is every believer’s aspiration to be able to sincerely and genuinely say at the end that we have fought the good fight, we have finished the race and have kept the faith. We will know ourselves where we stand with God as over the years we would have communicated and interacted with theContinue reading “Begin With The End In Mind”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/22/something-deep-and-binding The fundamental difference between us humans and other living beings on earth is that we have reasoning power and a will. That’s the intellect part. And yet emotionally we are also different as animals although they too experience emotions, are driven by instinct while we may act based on our emotions rather than intellect.Continue reading “Made In The Image of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/20/refreshed-at-simons-house A ministry showcased in today’s ODB which highlights Paul’s commendation in 1 Corinthians 16 is that of hospitality. Paul and others were refreshed in their spirit even as these people devoted themselves to the service of the Lord’s people. Ministry and service in the Kingdom can take many forms and we need not alwaysContinue reading “Hospitality Ministry”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/19/food-from-heaven The manna from heaven that the LORD provided for the Israelites in their 40 years in the wilderness was an active demonstration of the supernatural penetrating into the natural as it would have been impossible for a nation of nearly 2 million people (600,000 men plus women and children) to live in the dessertContinue reading “Manna from Heaven”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/18/crave-him Bread represents food. At the minimum, we must eat at least bread or rice or noodles (in our context, maggie mee!) even if it’s plain and empty of egg, meat or vegetables. At times of war or famine, just a scoop of raw rice or flour to cook into a pot of rice orContinue reading “The Bread of Life”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/16/the-fierce-struggle Even as we were created in the spirit before our physical bodies came into being, there is actually in parallel an immense world out there in the spiritual realm that are unseen to us. Our physical human senses are not able to see, hear, smell, taste or touch that world because our 5 sensesContinue reading “Our Fight is not Against Flesh and Blood”