https://odb.org/2025/09/22/unrecognized John 14:8–14 (NIV): 8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t youContinue reading “Recognising Jesus”
Author Archives: Ronnie Lim
Dramatic change?
https://odb.org/2025/09/02/see-what-god-has-done Acts 9:1–6 (NIV): 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisonersContinue reading “Dramatic change?”
God’s presence and the Ark of the Covenant
https://odb.org/2025/08/29/the-lost-ark 2 Samuel 6:1–2 (NIV): 6 David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. 2 He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubimContinue reading “God’s presence and the Ark of the Covenant”
The LORD will redeem us from hands stronger than us
https://odb.org/2025/08/28/his-superior-strength Jeremiah 31:10–12 (NIV): 10 “Hear the word of the LORD, you nations;proclaim it in distant coastlands:‘He who scattered Israel will gather themand will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’11 For the LORD will deliver Jacoband redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights ofContinue reading “The LORD will redeem us from hands stronger than us”
Happily ever after – a beautiful ending
https://odb.org/2025/08/27/a-beautiful-ending Revelation 21:1–5 (NIV): Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.Continue reading “Happily ever after – a beautiful ending”
The LORD our Shepherd and King
https://odb.org/2025/08/26/sheep-crossing Ezekiel 34:11–16 (NIV): 11 “ ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scatteredContinue reading “The LORD our Shepherd and King”
Always do what is good for everyone
https://odb.org/2025/08/25/being-a-blessing 1 Thessalonians 5:15–18 (NIV): 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. In a sporting game, it’s commendable to pointContinue reading “Always do what is good for everyone”
God’s heart
https://odb.org/2025/08/22/seeing-with-gods-heart Psalm 1461 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes,in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; onContinue reading “God’s heart”
Feed the need
https://odb.org/2025/08/21/feed-the-need Acts 4:32–37 (NIV): 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power, the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in themContinue reading “Feed the need”
Focus on Jesus
https://odb.org/2025/08/20/eyes-front Hebrews 12:1–3 (NIV): Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For theContinue reading “Focus on Jesus”
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