https://odb.org/2025/09/26/beauty-out-of-tragedy Genesis 2:8–9 (NIV): 8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the gardenContinue reading “Beauty out of tragedy”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
The LORD is with us
https://odb.org/2025/09/25/its-gonne-be-okay Psalm 118:5-14 (NIV) – 5 When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?7 The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.8 ItContinue reading “The LORD is with us”
Providence and care of God
https://odb.org/2025/09/24/no-coincidences 2 Kings 8:1–6 (NIV): 8 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the LORD has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.” 2 The woman proceeded to do as theContinue reading “Providence and care of God”
Saving lives
https://odb.org/2025/09/23/saving-lives Acts 20:17–24 (NIV): 17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. 18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. 19 I served the Lord with great humility and withContinue reading “Saving lives”
Recognising Jesus
https://odb.org/2025/09/22/unrecognized John 14:8–14 (NIV): 8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t youContinue reading “Recognising Jesus”
Dramatic change?
https://odb.org/2025/09/02/see-what-god-has-done Acts 9:1–6 (NIV): 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisonersContinue reading “Dramatic change?”
God’s presence and the Ark of the Covenant
https://odb.org/2025/08/29/the-lost-ark 2 Samuel 6:1–2 (NIV): 6 David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. 2 He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubimContinue reading “God’s presence and the Ark of the Covenant”
The LORD will redeem us from hands stronger than us
https://odb.org/2025/08/28/his-superior-strength Jeremiah 31:10–12 (NIV): 10 “Hear the word of the LORD, you nations;proclaim it in distant coastlands:‘He who scattered Israel will gather themand will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’11 For the LORD will deliver Jacoband redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights ofContinue reading “The LORD will redeem us from hands stronger than us”
Happily ever after – a beautiful ending
https://odb.org/2025/08/27/a-beautiful-ending Revelation 21:1–5 (NIV): Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.Continue reading “Happily ever after – a beautiful ending”
The LORD our Shepherd and King
https://odb.org/2025/08/26/sheep-crossing Ezekiel 34:11–16 (NIV): 11 “ ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scatteredContinue reading “The LORD our Shepherd and King”
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