Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/09/the-same-vine Are we a fake Christian if we do not consistently display Christian like behaviour? Are we a hypocrite if we have still have anger issues to deal with? Are we fake because we still have ego and pride and have not totally given our lives to God? Are we not a genuine believer ifContinue reading “Are We A Fake Believer?”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/08/sing-praise-to-god I guess worshipping with all our heart is something most of us are familiar and have done or are doing whether corporately or in person on our own. We can worship God on our own by singing while playing an instrument like a guitar or a piano or together with our church congregation orContinue reading “Rejoicing in the LORD”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/07/the-jesus-label I learnt in a counseling seminar a number of years back that thankfulness and gratefulness, especially towards our creator God, produce endorphins in our brain that make us happy I guess the same way doing something good or helping someone in need makes us happy inside us. There is a sense that we areContinue reading “Gratefulness”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/05/finding-joy-in-the-meaningless I think everyone probably has experienced this phenomenon – you put in so much effort to research and then save up to buy something, perhaps a guitar or a camera or a tablet, then after we get the thing, the feeling of accomplishment is fleeting. It was just a short moment of euphoria andContinue reading “Everything Is Meaningless”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/04/rainy-days I remembered the founding pastor of a church in Thailand many years back spoke at a conference at my previous church and talked about how he gave away his building fund for a needy cause when God prompted him. It certainly caused a stir among those who heard it! But the point was thatContinue reading “Generosity and Rainy Days”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/03/comfort-shared-2 When we are going through a period of suffering, we may ask God why? Why is this happening to me? Why me? Why didn’t you shield me, protect me and shelter me from this pain? Sometimes we pray for the entire environment to change so that our pain will be no more. But moreContinue reading “God of Comfort”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/02/the-critical-link In Matthew 28:19, Jesus asked us to reach out and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Not just people we know like our family and friends but people who may never have heard of the Gospel, aboutContinue reading “Unreached People Groups”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/01/ring-the-bell-2 Ringing the bell is an act to signify victory over cancer after going through bouts of radiation. It marks the end of chemotherapy, having conquered the cancer cells. It’s a practice that started in the US but has spread across cancer centers across the world. I saw this once on the medical TV series,Continue reading “Ring the Bell”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/31/redeeming-the-season Autumn is remembered in the States as a period of decorating pumpkins that turned into Halloween in the 1800s as they harvested the pumpkins during autumn and made the harvesting into a community celebration. As a result, autumn seemed to celebrate death and its macabre and gruesome ways which the author of today’s ODBContinue reading “Redeeming the Season”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/30/a-new-calling Some of us experienced a dramatic and radical change in our lives after knowing Jesus like from a hard core criminal to a lifetime witness for Christ in today’s ODB life illustration. Or from a leading persecutor of believers of Christ to the preeminent theologist for Christ whose thoughts formed the fundamental and foundationalContinue reading “A New Calling”