Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/2023/09/08/the-god-of-surprises I recall during my varsity days of having responded to an altar call to go into full-time ministry to plant churches. Of course, it was in the context of my previous church, and things did not work out for that church in the long run. Although I had continued to serve God in twoContinue reading “Responding to God’s calling”

https://odb.org/2023/09/06/im-nobody-who-are-you Philippians 3:8-9 is undoubtedly an interesting piece of Scripture where Paul declared his life before knowing Christ as dung or rubbish although he was at that time the creme de la creme of the Jews, being a Pharisee trained by Gamaliel and a member of the Sanhedrin. Thus, a popular interpretation of these versesContinue reading “Nothing compares to Christ”

https://odb.org/2023/09/05/everything-is-against-me There are times when everything seems to be against us. Nothing is going well. We don’t wish for that, of course. We want everything to be for us, to be smooth. We want our affairs to be normalised – not dramatic, not drastic. We want things to just go on a regular and evenContinue reading “Everything is against me”

https://odb.org/2023/09/04/extreme-kindness The story of Jehoiachin, a Judah king exiled in Babylon as recounted in Jeremiah 52:31-34, is a picture of God’s love and kindness for us, His children in Christ. The new Babylonian king, Awel-Marduk, released Jehoiachin after he had spent the last 37 years incarcerated in prison and gave him a place at hisContinue reading “Extreme kindness”

https://odb.org/2023/09/03/the-blessed-mask-2 In 2 Corinthians 3:1-6, Paul, in reminding the Corinthians of who he was to them, commented that their lives is a letter of him, written on his heart, known and seen by all. He went on to say that their lives are a letter from Christ, the result of his ministry, written not inContinue reading “Letter from Christ”

https://odb.org/2023/09/01/gods-epic-story The age-old question of why there is evil in the world when there is God can be answered simply – man is given the will to make his own free choice, and the natural precedes the spiritual. In other words, the world is made in such a way that there are natural laws inContinue reading “Jesus has overcome the world”

https://odb.org/2023/08/30/freedom-on-the-path The first impression we get when we read Isaiah 26:7 is that if God makes our paths smooth as the righteous, it means that our lives will be trouble-free. It then becomes a sort of contradiction as life itself is never smooth. We know. There are ups and downs, valleys and mountain tops. ExhilaratingContinue reading “Smooth paths”

https://odb.org/2023/08/29/when-youre-weary We often read about or use the expression, “rest in peace,” or RIP when we offer condolences to the family of the departed. RIP is also common as an epitaph. The reason I guess is that when one dies, all worldly matters are of no concern anymore. He ceases to participate in the affairsContinue reading “True peace from Jesus”

https://odb.org/2023/08/28/losing-everything One of the scariest books to read in the Bible has to be the book of Job. Just reading chapter One will send shivers down our spine. We shudder at the thought and sight of seeing Job losing everything in an instant. His family and all his possessions. From a person with mostly everythingContinue reading “Losing everything and starting all over”

https://odb.org/2023/08/27/dealing-with-disappointment King David wanted to build the Temple for God and had prepared the building plans based on what God had impressed upon his heart. But God told him that he would not be building it because, as a warrior, he had blood in his hands. Instead, his son, Solomon, will build it. Thus, inContinue reading “Dealing with disappointments”