Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/07/hunt-for-inner-healing Everyone goes through traumatic moments, whether in our childhood or even as adults. There are bound to be times we faced dramatic situations at home, in school or college, or even at work. We could have witnessed our parents’ quarrels or seen a road accident, or we ourselves could have been mugged, molested orContinue reading “The Messiah in Isaiah”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/05/grace-and-change As Christians, we are familiar with Paul’s writing to the church in Rome – that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, to be received by faith (Romans 3:23-26). It speaks of theContinue reading “Sin and Grace”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/04/how-to-pray-2 With Jesus having reconciled us to God, as believers, we have the privilege and the honour to approach God in prayer. Thus, for every seemingly impossible situation we face, help is just a prayer away. As we connect with our Father in heaven, He may unleash forces in heaven to make a difference forContinue reading “Posture for Prayer”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/03/tired-tents Paul likes to use the expression “tent” to refer to our earthly bodies. I guess tent is a good analogy as it is temporal and moveable. Tents are also symbolic of our faith forefathers, who were nomads who left their permanent abodes by faith for a faraway land in response to a calling fromContinue reading “Tired Tents”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/02/life-everlasting I always recall the movie Highlander whenever the topic of immortality crops up. It is about a Scottish swordsman who was born in 1518 and lived through the centuries. In a subtle way, a movie like that, although pure fiction, embodies our human desire to live forever. The novel Count Dracula (that has beenContinue reading “Immortality and Eternal Life”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/01/multitude-of-maples I have just returned from my vacation travel to Taiwan, and it was indeed a tiring (we each walked about 17,000 steps most days) but refreshing trip, seeing how advanced and structured Taiwan is, with her efficient high speed rail, metro, inter-city trains and buses. The food was especially good, suited to our MalaysianContinue reading “Seeds of Faith”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/18/future-faithfulness In this era of the church, we know Jesus will come again. Although no one except the Father knows the exact time, predictions are rife that it will be within our generation. It is predicted that it should be within the lifetime of a human being from the day Israel was established as aContinue reading “Investing in the future”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/17/remembering-to-praise I led worship yesterday at my local church and had the privilege to play with a talented guitarist who played electric and blended well with my acoustic guitar and my wife’s digital piano, as we intermixed the basic chords of the songs with melodies and harmonies. We also had an up and coming drummerContinue reading “Praise and Thanksgiving”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/16/greater-love It is indeed true that greater love has no one than one who lays down his life for another. Jesus did this for us at the cross for our sins. Officer Arnaud Beltrame did the same thing when he offered himself to be substituted with the last hostage of a terrorist in France andContinue reading “Greater Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/14/uphill-all-the-way King David is the second king in Israel prior to its split into Israel, the northern kingdom (with the cities of Sechem, Samaria), and Judah, the southern kingdom (with Jerusalem and the Temple). The split occurred at the reign of Rehoboam, the grandson of David and the son of Solomon. While King Solomon wasContinue reading “Disciplined but not abandoned by God”