Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/27/hes-listening The life story illustration in today’s ODB is Chuck Norris, the famous martial artist Hollywoood actor and world karate champion, who had worked with Bruce Lee, when the latter was at the peak of his career. https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/chuck-norris-tells-how-gods-plan-was-bigger-than-his-own/ Chuck attributed his faith to the prayers of his mother, who constantly prayed for him. I alsoContinue reading “Prayer of the Righteous”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/24/recognizing-gods-voice One of the things we learned and practised in my previous church was to hear the voice of God. It is not an easy task, but we start by picking up the obvious from a passage of Scripture. Then we dwell deeper and ask more personal questions like what the Lord is really sayingContinue reading “Hearing God’s Voice”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/23/why-do-this When we study in school or even university, we will wonder whether we will ever use the stuff we study. I did law, and thus, when I graduated and started practising, there were, of course, material we used immediately like the civil court rules. In fact, we were drafting pleadings based on court forms.Continue reading “Usefulness of God’s Word”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/22/permission-to-rest I recall dealing with modern-day religious Jews in contract negotiations. As they hold Israeli passports, they couldn’t enter Malaysia, and thus, our face to face meetings were either held in Bangkok or Singapore. Besides kosher food, these religious Jews were strict adherents to observing their Shabbat, and thus, they will begin their journey backContinue reading “Day of Rest”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/21/spiritual-renewal As we grow older, we can not avoid but notice that there are changes to our bodies. We do things slightly slower. We think not as fast as we used to. Also, we have less stamina. When we could spend a whole day packing up and moving house when young, we tire after aContinue reading “Spiritual Renewal”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/20/catching-contentment Psalm 131 gives us a picture of contentment in the form of a child weaned of his mother’s milk. This means the child has had his heart’s content of his mother’s milk and is now truly satisfied. He is ready for other food. Solid food. In the spiritual context, Psalm 131 can speak ofContinue reading “Contentment”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/19/brother-saul Are you like Ananias? Are you afraid of your calling? Jesus spoke to Ananias in a vision to go to Saul as Saul already had a vision that a man named Ananias would come and restore his sight. Yet Ananias was afraid and hesitant because Saul’s reputation had preceded him. He was known asContinue reading “Are you afraid of your calling?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/17/were-not-alone-2 The church in Laodecia (Revelation 3:14-22), also known as the lukewarm church (neither hot nor cold), was in that predicament as they were materially wealthy. Blessed with riches, there is a perception that they do not need God. In fact, Jesus said precisely that to them. You say I am rich; I have acquiredContinue reading “Laodecia”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/16/scripture-training If we put in the effort to study the Scriptures, whether New or Old Testament in our free time on top of our quiet time, I am sure we will learn a lot that will enrich our soul and strengthen our spirit. Paul exhorts in 2 Timothy 3:16 that all Scripture is given byContinue reading “The Power of Scripture”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/15/dont-just-do-something-stand-there We learned from Elijah (1 Kings 19:11-19) after he ran away from Jezebel’s threat to terminate his life when he was hiding in a cave at Mt Horeb that God was in a still small voice and not in the wind, earthquake or fire. It is a picture of how we as believers mustContinue reading “Be Still”