Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

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”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/29/god-sings On the day of the Lord, God will judge those who opposed Him and take away the punishment from Judah and Israel. He will be glad and will rejoice over Jerusalem with singing. That’s the essence of Zephaniah chapters 1-3. Jesus Christ by His victory on the cross has redeemed Israel and Judah butContinue reading “Rejoicing and Singing in Heaven”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/28/god-hears-us It is beyond our imagination to think and fathom the millions of prayers that God receives every moment in time from various ones of us in the faith all over the world – all of us communicating with Him at the same time and yet He is as personal to each and every oneContinue reading “God Answers Our Prayers”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/27/simplistic-formulas As much as we believe that it is God’s will that we are to be whole and by His stripes we are healed, I believe healing is still by the grace of God. We can keep on believing and keep on praying and one day God may heal us. That’s our faith and theContinue reading “Purpose in Suffering”