https://odb.org/2025/07/16/habits-and-the-holy-spirit Romans 12:1–3 (NIV): 12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then,Continue reading “Be transformed by the renewing of our minds”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
Jesus prays for us
https://odb.org/2025/07/15/the-prayers-of-jesus Luke 22:28–34 (NIV): 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.31 “Simon, Simon, SatanContinue reading “Jesus prays for us”
Our own broken cisterns
https://odb.org/2025/07/14/digging-for-meaning Jeremiah 2:13 – “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. The background to Jeremiah 2 is that the Israelites had forsaken God and worshipped the prevalent dieties of the lands surrounding Canaan notwithstanding YahwehContinue reading “Our own broken cisterns”
Life in Christ
https://odb.org/2025/07/11/life-in-christ Amos 5:4-6: 4 This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live; 5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal, will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.” 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweepContinue reading “Life in Christ”
God is there
https://odb.org/2025/07/10/god-is-there Psalm 139:7–12 (NIV): 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,if I settle on the far side of the sea,10 even thereContinue reading “God is there”
Do not quench the Spirit
https://odb.org/2025/07/09/panic-in-a-cave 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 (NIV): 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.23 May God himself, the God ofContinue reading “Do not quench the Spirit”
The mysteries of the Kingdom
https://odb.org/2025/07/08/prayer-of-desperation John 11:17–25 (NIV): 17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, sheContinue reading “The mysteries of the Kingdom”
A diligent worker for Christ
https://odb.org/2025/07/07/growing-up-in-god 2 Timothy 2:14–16 (NIV): 14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarrelling about words; it is of no value and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handlesContinue reading “A diligent worker for Christ”
The treasure of Jesus Christ
https://odb.org/2025/07/04/the-treasure-christ-offers 1 John 5:6–13 (NIV): 6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; andContinue reading “The treasure of Jesus Christ”
Your love is better than life
https://odb.org/2025/07/03/jesus-our-everything Psalm 63:1-4 (NIV) – You, God, are my God,earnestly, I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is betterContinue reading “Your love is better than life”
