https://odb.org/2023/12/14/appetite-for-distraction In the present world of mobile apps, we spend an inordinate amount of time on our phone or tablet, just browsing, whether on social media, YouTube, or just catching the news. This is particularly so with the younger generation so much so that pay TV as a business model is now well past itsContinue reading “Be still and know that I am God”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
Perseverance triumph trials and tribulations
https://odb.org/2023/12/13/overcoming The story of Anne Sullivan, the subject matter of today’s ODB, bears similarities to Joseph son of Jacob of the Bible. Despite one misfortune after another, they prevailed in the end. In the case of Anne, she developed a method to teach deaf and blind people how to read, especially Helen Keller, a well-knownContinue reading “Perseverance triumph trials and tribulations”
Strong tower
https://odb.org/2023/12/12/strong-tower Proverbs 18:11-13 teaches that: the name of the LORD is a fortified tower, the righteous run to it, and are safe. The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. Before a downfall, the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honour. It is ancientContinue reading “Strong tower”
Naomi and Ruth
https://odb.org/2023/12/11/more-than-enough-4 The story of Naomi and Ruth really shows off God’s grace and compassion that despite the misfortune of losing her husband and two sons in their sojourn to a foreign land due to famine, Naomi persevered on in life and returned to Israel. Ruth, a Moabite, followed her mother in law to the latter’sContinue reading “Naomi and Ruth”
Living sacrifice
https://odb.org/2023/12/07/giving-like-christ Continuing on the Christmas theme of generosity, one of the distinctiveness of Christmas is the giving of gifts. We can trace this tradition to the Magi – the 3 kings of orient land – who travelled from afar following a star bringing gold, incense, and myrrh (symbolising kingship, deity, and death) to baby JesusContinue reading “Living sacrifice”
The true meaning of Christmas
https://odb.org/2023/12/06/st-nick The tradition of Father Christmas or Santa Claus is reputedly based on a generous person named Saint Nicholas of Myra who used his wealth and inhertance to help the poor and needy. Thus, the fable is that he goes around dropping presents via chimneys to children who were good throughout the year. He staysContinue reading “The true meaning of Christmas”
Be strong and very courageous
https://odb.org/2023/12/05/gods-most-comforting-commitment Because they doubted and rebelled against the LORD, all men of twenty years and above who left Egypt were not permitted to enter into Canaan, the Promised Land. The edict originated from the bad and doubtful report of 10 of the 12 spies. Joshua and Caleb, the other two spies, were exempted, for theyContinue reading “Be strong and very courageous”
Psalm 23
https://odb.org/2023/12/04/shadow-and-light Psalm 23 is perhaps one of the most beautiful of David’s Psalms. It starts off by proclaiming that God is his shepherd, my shepherd, and thus, he immediately establishes a direct relationship with God. It was yet the time of Jesus Christ, and God’s relationship with Israel then was with the nation, the people.Continue reading “Psalm 23”
Listening to the voice of truth
https://odb.org/2023/12/03/zedekiahs-dilemma The LORD told King Zedekiah in Jeremiah 38 to surrender to the Babylonians, and he and his household would be spared, and Jerusalem and the Temple would not be burned down. But he was afraid that those in Judah who were captured earlier and were then already in Babylon would mistreat him. The truthContinue reading “Listening to the voice of truth”
God’s heart for all
https://odb.org/2023/12/01/his-heart-for-all Instead of highlighting (again, sigh…) the racial divisions within the church, which usually often boils down to people just prefering to congregate among their own kind, I should just focus on God’s heart this morning. God is for all, whether we are Chinese, Malay, Iban, Kadazan, or Indian. God has no preference in race,Continue reading “God’s heart for all”
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