Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/13/nothing-can-separate The logic of Romans 8 is that if God had gone through so much trouble, to the extent of giving up His Son for us, for Him to love us, what then will stop His love for us? What then can separate the love of God from us? Who then can condemn us? GodContinue reading “Love of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/12/nature-walk An oft repeated theme in ODB is this thing about creation and its creator. As we look at creation, we cannot avoid seeing God in the picture. Scripture also bears testimony to the greatness of God in this respect. As we can see in the book Job, the LORD described how He had setContinue reading “Creation and God”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/11/good-news-3 I first read about the Good News when I stumbled upon a Malay-English translation of the New Testament in my home library when I was very young. It was one of those books I first read when I started to know how to read in Std 2 to 3. It pinged my interest andContinue reading “Good News”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/10/youre-not-alone-2 As much as we are zealous for God, on fire for the business of the Kingdom, we might feel we are all alone in our quest for Christ. We feel we are alone maybe because our friends are not like-minded like us or even our church or cell members are all more nominal thanContinue reading “A Remnant”

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”