Ronnie Lim

Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

https://odb.org/2025/03/10/resting-in-christ Nehemiah 4:1–9 (NIV): 6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, theyContinue reading “Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem”

Name lists and the Book of Life

https://odb.org/2025/03/08/the-list-is-life Numbers 26:4 (NIV): 4 “Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the LORD commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt: We needed to wake up at 5.30 a.m. and travel out of the city early yesterday morning to come back to Seremban for the weekend andContinue reading “Name lists and the Book of Life”

Worry adds nothing

https://odb.org/2025/03/07/life-without-worry Matthew 6:25-34 NIV – 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow orContinue reading “Worry adds nothing”

Not easily angered or offended

https://odb.org/2025/03/06/not-easily-offended Proverbs 19:11 – Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs. I believe one of the toughest emotions for humans to control is anger and offence. This was on display for all the world to see when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently met President Donald Trump at the Oval Office, which endedContinue reading “Not easily angered or offended”

Unfathomable God

https://odb.org/2025/03/05/unfathomable-god Isaiah 40:25–26 (NIV): 25 “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great powerContinue reading “Unfathomable God”

Jesus, the author of life

https://odb.org/2025/03/04/reading-writing-and-jesus Acts 3:15–24 (NIV): 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. 16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him,Continue reading “Jesus, the author of life”

The Good Samaritan

https://odb.org/2025/03/03/unexpected-neighbors Luke 10:27–37 (NIV): 27 He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this, and you will live.” 29 But he wanted to justify himself, soContinue reading “The Good Samaritan”

Let the peace of God rule

https://odb.org/2025/02/28/common-ground-2 Colossians 3:12–17 (NIV): 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which bindsContinue reading “Let the peace of God rule”

Hosea and Gomer

https://odb.org/2025/02/27/a-path-forward Hosea 3:1–5 (NIV): 3 The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”2 So I bought her for fifteen shekelsContinue reading “Hosea and Gomer”

The joy of giving

https://odb.org/2025/02/26/the-joy-of-giving-2 Acts 9:36–43 (NIV): 36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heardContinue reading “The joy of giving”