Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/10/come-home-3 I had the same privilege of adopting a stray kitten that came into the deck of our home when she was only around 2 weeks old. She’s now a fully grown one and a half-year adult cat with her own place and potty. Whenever she’s threatened or scared, she will run back to herContinue reading “Our Home in God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/09/show-us When the disciples asked Jesus to show them the Father, Jesus answered that if they had seen Him, they had seen the Father. Jesus further said I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. “The words I say to you I do not speak with my own authority.” Please see JohnContinue reading “Seeing Jesus”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/08/gods-arms-are-open One of the fundamental precepts of our faith is forgiveness. We start our journey of faith with forgiveness when we seek God’s forgiveness by repenting from our sins and acknowledging Christ’s work on the cross and accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour. Corollary to that Jesus taught us in the Lord’s prayer toContinue reading “Forgiveness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/07/the-good-shepherd-2 Ezekial 34:11-19 has been interpreted before as being fulfilled with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1947 as the scattered tribes of Israel were gathered back to the land of Israel from all over the world. It proved that the LORD God was indeed a good shepherd, ensuring His sheep were takenContinue reading “Our Shepherd God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/06/the-loneliest-man There is a saying that goes, you can be lonely in a crowd, meaning to say, you are not all alone like Robinson Crusoe on an island or Michael Collins of Appollo II on the far side of the moon having lost contact with his fellow astronauts and earth, yet we are lonely. WeContinue reading “Loneliness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/04/whats-your-name-2 When we read the first chapter of the book of Ruth, we see how her mother-in-law Naomi suffered two tragedies in a row. He husband died, and then her two sons also died, leaving her with two daughters-in-law. So she decided to return to Judah, which she and her husband had left earlier dueContinue reading “A Bitter Life?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/03/we-are-strangers In Leviticus 19:34, the LORD commanded the Israelites to treat the foreigner like a native born. They are to love them as themselves as they themselves were foreigners in Egypt. In verse 36, the LORD reiterated that He is the LORD, their God who brought them out of Egypt. In Deuteronomy 24:19, the lawContinue reading “Treating the Foreigner”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/02/like-our-great-teacher As mentioned in my commentary yesterday, https://ronnielim.com/2023/02/01/blessings-in-the-tears/, our quest post acceptance of Christ is to be more and more like Him in terms of our service and our hearts. There are, of course, various aspects of Christ that we can imitate and become, and I believe most are attainable despite our humanity. Even ifContinue reading “Be More and More Like Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/01/blessing-in-the-tears I just came out of a hospital visit yesterday evening, and as I walked home through the corridors of the hospital, my eyes welled up in tears thinking about the times I was with my late dad at the same hospital at those waiting areas. Such memories are painful for the living as weContinue reading “Blessings in the Tears”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/01/31/sustainer-of-blessings One of the tensions we face as believers is the question often asked by the Psalmists – where does my help come from? The answer in Psalm 121 is that my help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth. That question was posed by the Psalmists when they were in troubleContinue reading “God’s blessings or our own efforts?”