Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/11/who-deserves-the-praise In my view, Hebrews 3:4 sets out a very important spiritual principle that who we are and all that we have are very much blessings from God, our Heavenly Father and creator of the universe and everything in it. Thus, if we have a nice house, the LORD is the real builder of theContinue reading “The true builder”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/10/from-darkness-to-light I’m 55 this year, and my first exposure to John 3:16 was when I was 12. That was 43 years ago. I was corresponding with a classmate of mine after leaving town for a small town in the East Coast of Malaysia, and she always ended her letters with John 3:16. That piqued myContinue reading “John 3:16”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/09/a-cry-for-help As we read Isaiah 58:1-9, I feel that the message is that we must be genuine in God. In those passages, the LORD was asking why the Israelites fast and yet oppressed the poor? It’s like saying why worship in church and sing songs proclaiming God’s goodness when we ourselves practice injustice whether atContinue reading “True transformation”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/07/chocolate-snowflake Most of us are familiar with the story from the bible of the LORD feeding the nearly 2 million Israelites (men, women, and children) in the wilderness. They were fed with manna from heaven, and this lasted throughout their journey there of 40 years! As long as they were on the sojourn, God providedContinue reading “Manna from heaven”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/06/hope-beyond-consequences I have read Numbers 20:2-12 a number of times, and although I know the spiritual principle the LORD is teaching in the passage, I find it difficult to understand the motivation for Moses to do what he did in disobeying God. Basically, the story goes that the Israelites were complaining again about the lackContinue reading “Disobedience”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/05/mimic-jesus There are people who like to stand out to be different. So if everyone wears shades of white, they will wear colour like maybe purple or pink. Or if, like in Malaysia, people have black hair, there are people who like to dye their hair to a shade of blonde or ginger (brunette). ThereContinue reading “Blending in with the crowd?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/04/unchanging-god One of the joys of reading the Bible is to learn more about who the LORD our God is. The Bible is very much the recorded history of how God dealt and related with His people. Some of the history are recorded actual interactions during ancient times through His prophets, and some are narratedContinue reading “Unchanging God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/03/love-your-neighbor-3 Leviticus 19:18 contains God’s commandment to the Israelites to love your neighbour as yourself. There were a series of commandments starting from verse 9, including the concept not to be too efficient in harvesting so that there is a little left for the poor and the foreigner. The divine instructions continue, and among theseContinue reading “Love your neighbour as yourself”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/02/our-refuge-2 The creation of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, the life illustration of today’s ODB, does remind and point me to God being our refuge. The 15,000-acre Refuge in Denver, Colorado, is a sanctuary for wildlife covering nearly 300 species from black footed ferrets to burrowing owls to bald eagles and roaming buffaloes.Continue reading “The LORD is my refuge”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/30/parting-words It is possible that some of us may have forgotten that one of the tenets of salvation is repentance from sin. While it is true that salvation is by the grace of God and not our good works like in the case of other faiths, we always need to remember that salvation is notContinue reading “Repentance and salvation”