Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

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”

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”

https://odb.org/2023/11/30/trust-in-his-name-2 Israeli Kings of old oscillate between trusting their chariots and horses and trusting God. Usually, those who trust in the latter were successful on the battleground. In Joshua’s case, he brought down the walls of Jericho completely on the instruction of the LORD by marching around the city with trumpets for 7 days. TheirContinue reading “Some trust in chariots”

https://odb.org/2023/11/29/just-a-whisper Job, despite his sufferings and losses, was able to hear the whisper of God’s voice through nature. See Job 26:7-14. Although his 3 friends tried to convince him that his predicament was due to his sin, Job insisted and was determined in his contention that he was blameless. Instead, it was the perogative ofContinue reading “Still small voice of the LORD”

https://odb.org/2023/11/28/the-skill-of-compassion I always thought of compassion as a quality we must have as a believer. An attribute. We need to be compassionate as God was compassionate to us that despite our weaknesses and inadequacies, He called us to be His own so that His power may be made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).Continue reading “Compassion as a skill”

https://odb.org/2023/11/26/who-am-i-7 When it comes to giving back to God, two perspectives come to mind. The first, as expressed in the song Alabaster Jar (by Gateway Worship), is that whatever we have of worth and all that we have, Jesus deserves more. He is more beautiful than what we have. He is more worthy. Yet, thisContinue reading “Giving back to God”

https://odb.org/2023/11/24/worthy-of-all-praise Besides prayer, one of the privileges we have as believers is to worship and praise the LORD. We can pray while we worship, but worship as an act is distinct as we can actually enter into the spiritual realm through worship. In Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4, Jesus spoke aboutContinue reading “Worship and praise”

https://odb.org/2023/11/23/unexpected-blessing-2 I think the teaching of Jesus in Luke 14:12-14 to invite strangers and the needy to banquets is probably something not practised much in most societies except maybe those in smaller villages. In the kampongs (village in Malay) in Malaysia, however, people do throw kenduris (a feast in Malay) where everyone in the villageContinue reading “Inviting strangers to banquets”

https://odb.org/2023/11/22/shining-stars-2 In Philippians 2:12-16, Paul teaches about two elements. One is that we need to continue working out our salvation in fear and trembling. We already know by now that salvation is not only saying the sinner’s prayer, and we are set for life for eternity. Although we can not work for our salvation asContinue reading “Without grumbling”

https://odb.org/2023/11/21/precious-to-god-2 I believe most of us would have heard of the impact of our relationship with our natural father with regards to our relationship with God the Father. It is unavoidable that our experience on earth colours our experience with God in the spiritual realm. This is because as God is our Father, we willContinue reading “Our Heavenly Father”