Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/08/success-and-sacrifice I just heard a sermon last Sunday on how the Christian world is sadly similar to the secular world whether it’s the church, a mission organisation or a seminary. There are opportunistic people in high places, there is politicking, manipulation and people looking for sensational things like supernatural encounters, angelic or spiritual visions andContinue reading “Success in Christian Living”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/07/getting-what-we-want-2 History is filled with people getting what they wanted and those who didn’t. The bible itself records such instances as in the case of Adonijah and Solomon, or even Saul and David. We also see what happened between Jacob and Esau or Cain and Abel. People react badly when they didn’t get what theyContinue reading “Getting What We Want”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/06/sweet-sleep There are instances where the bible uses the term ‘sleep’ to denote death and for the righteous (justified by law or faith), it is an apt description as our ultimate destination is heaven and death is temporal as there will come a day when all those who are righteous before God will be resurrectedContinue reading “Sleep”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/05/not-for-our-comfort The life story of Dan in today’s ODB is similar to that of the well known Toni Eareckson who became a paraplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury. They both sought healing from God but it never came. Instead, in their suffering, they persevered, from their perseverance, they had character and from character, theyContinue reading “Suffering”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/04/glacier-mice If we think more carefully about creation, we will realise that the act of creating something actually involves a lot, a lot of prior thought. I watched a few videos on the human body in YouTube during the CNY break. Just how the food we eat are processed by the various organs in ourContinue reading “The Wonder of Creation”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/03/a-fresh-start-4 One of the advantages being a Christian of Chinese ethnicity is that soon after Christmas, we have the Lunar New Year festivities. So it’s a consecutive double celebration, one after another! Chinese New Year (CNY) or what is called the Spring Festival in China is a time for families to come together for anContinue reading “CNY Festivities”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/02/a-loving-posture I think one of the easiest things to do when it comes to God is to be humble before Him. Easy because we know who God is and He being our creator and Lord and King, surely we cannot match Him in any way, in any thing. He is exceedingly superior to us inContinue reading “Humility”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/01/love-on-the-go The Gospel of Matthew uses 5 teaching blocks to wrap around the story of Jesus, of which the first and last were the longest and appear to stand in contrast to one another. The first block, the Beatitudes or the Sermon of the Mount, presents the ideals and principles of living in the KingdomContinue reading “The Least of My Brethren”

Just when preaching in church at the pulpit, I think I’ve teared up twice already. Once due to a sad situation that directly affected me and another when the Holy Spirit touched me and spoke to me intensely through my own message. In both, it was quite an embarrassing situation but I somehow did notContinue reading “Shedding Tears”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/01/30/are-we-there-yet-2 Are we there yet, Lord? Like our kids asking the question many times on a long distance road trip – are we there yet, Pa? The difference I guess is that no matter how many times they ask, we know that there is a definite end to it and it’s a matter of hoursContinue reading “Unanswered Prayers”