Ronnie Lim

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”

The rainbow

https://odb.org/2025/02/24/rainbows-and-gods-promises We had to wake up at 5.00 am, and start our journey back to Petaling Jaya from Seremban at slightly half past five yesterday morning. After breakfast, we arrived back at our condo at 7 plus, and because I had to be in office early, I didn’t have time to write yesterday’s devotional. ButContinue reading “The rainbow”

The righteous fall but rise again

https://odb.org/2025/02/21/getting-back-up Proverbs 24:15-16 NIV– 15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place; 16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. One of the wise sayings in Proverbs exalts the righteous for being able toContinue reading “The righteous fall but rise again”

The simple truth

https://odb.org/2025/02/20/the-simple-truth Romans 10:9–11 (NIV): 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.Continue reading “The simple truth”