Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

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”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/28/when-youre-lonely It is inevitable that we will experience loneliness one day. For example, if we outlive our spouse. This is especially real as it is getting more common nowadays for the husband to pass away first as more women outlive men. The spouse who is left behind will thus be lonely and some for aContinue reading “Loneliness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/27/heaping-coals-on-enemies I think that it’s pretty special that this principle taught by Jesus to love your enemies was already recorded and taught during ancient times in the book of Proverbs. The book of Proverbs was believed to have been written by King Solomon and contained ancient wisdom that has proven to transverse time as thousandsContinue reading “Heaping burning coals on his head”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/26/easy-money I just heard yesterday one of the best messages ever preached in my local church. It was preached by an outside speaker, a seasoned one. The message was based on a book called Acres of Diamonds, and its author, Russell Conwell, had himself preached the message 6,000 times. You may download the book here:Continue reading “Acres of Diamonds”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/25/remembering-the-sacrifice The Lord’s Supper or the Holy Communion was always something intriguing that most of us, I believe, were curious when we were yet believers. But it is something that I would think all churches are strict on – you can not partake of it unless you have accepted Jesus as your personal Saviour andContinue reading “The Lord’s Supper”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/23/gods-mighty-power Exodus 14 sets out the account of the Israelites fleeing as slaves from their Egyptian masters because although the Pharoah had agreed to let them go due to the numerous plagues inflicted on the Egyptians, he changed his mind and decided to bring them back. Even though the 600,000 Israelites men plus their familiesContinue reading “The LORD’s mighty power”