https://odb.org/2024/07/10/search-my-heart The thing about God looking at the heart, rather than our appearance or credentials or background, is that no one else really knows what’s in our hearts. So, man, still look at credentials and background, and that is why churches still look at your seminary qualifications, and those in full-time ministry still chase afterContinue reading “God looks at the heart”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
Philip and the eunuch
https://odb.org/2024/07/09/do-i-belong In Acts 8:29-39, there is this account of Philip sharing Christ with an Ethiopian eunuch of great authority who was in charge of the treasury of the Ethiopian Queen Candace, which I have read before but didn’t see its significance until today. The reason the story was significant is because eunuchs are looked downContinue reading “Philip and the eunuch”
Jeremiah and the cistern
https://odb.org/2024/07/07/trapped-in-chocolate The story of Jeremiah being lowered jnto a cistern filled with mud as punishment for speaking the truth that might have discouraged the soldiers (Jeremiah 38:1-10) is a predicament that we sometimes may face as believers. The truth usually hurts, and not many can accept a frank and honest opinion. In the case ofContinue reading “Jeremiah and the cistern”
Jacob
https://odb.org/2024/07/05/grappling-with-god I was on annual leave from work yesterday and couldn’t make the early morning slot to prepare and write my morning devotional commentary as after 7.00 a.m., I had to leave to travel to the smaller city for the weekend. But as I liked Jacob, I wanted to talk about him for today’s commentary.Continue reading “Jacob”
Calling our “Abba Father”
https://odb.org/2024/07/04/call-home Our elder son currently lives in the UK. He has been working there for nearly two years after graduating in 2022. As a result, we don’t see him much. But he calls home often, in fact, nowadays, sometimes every few days, but at least once a week. Mainly, just to chat and tell usContinue reading “Calling our “Abba Father””
God’s life changing gift
https://odb.org/2024/07/03/a-life-changing-gift We know that the Bible is life-changing as at the macro level, we get a glimpse of who God is from the outset at creation until He called Abraham out of the Ur of the Caldeans to Canaan and from Jacob’s family of 70 who settled in Egypt, they became a community or nationContinue reading “God’s life changing gift”
Festival of Tabernacles
https://odb.org/2024/07/02/a-national-campout The Festival of Tabernacles is one of the celebrations instituted by God for the Israelites to remember the time their ancestors spent in the wilderness after God delivered them from Egypt back into the Promised Land. That journey was mostly spent in an oasis just south of Canaan called Kadesh Barnea. They lived inContinue reading “Festival of Tabernacles”
At the pleasure
https://odb.org/2024/07/01/serving-at-the-pleasure To those of us who have studied law or are involved in law enforcement, we are acquinted with the phrase “at the pleasure of,” and it is usually used in the context of detention. Thus, if a minor is convicted of a penal crime, he can’t be imprisoned but will be detained at theContinue reading “At the pleasure”
What is that to you?
https://odb.org/2024/06/30/what-is-that-to-you-3 John 21:22 is perhaps one of the most profound statements made by Jesus that spells out a fundamental core of our faith. It speaks of our faith being very inclusive as in love your neighbour, but at the very core, it is very personal. Personal because our spiritual walk, the race, is between usContinue reading “What is that to you?”
Deserts into pools of water
https://odb.org/2024/06/28/seeing-a-future-of-hope If you travel from Egypt to Israel via the Rafah crossing, the unfortunate scene of the current Israeli-Hamas war, you will notice a distinct change in the landscape. From parching desertlands to green agricultural farms and vegetation. The change of scenery is spectacular, to say the least, and as a believer, you can notContinue reading “Deserts into pools of water”
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