Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/13/tears-of-praise One of the beauty of the Psalms is that if we choose any one, chances are the Psalmists were praising God. This is because, in general, Psalms are praises for God. The other thing is that we are taught to praise the Lord regardless of what we are going through. Life, as we allContinue reading “Praise the Lord!”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/12/the-caller 1 Samuel 3:3-10 shows us how God spoke to a young Samuel, who was then mentored by Eli, and how Samuel, while hearing the voice, did not recognise it as the LORD speaking to him. It was only the third time after being instructed by Eli that Samuel answered and asked the LORD toContinue reading “Word of knowledge”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/11/seize-the-opportunity-3 I recall nearly 35 years ago after helping out in a Reinhard Bonnke evangelist meeting at the then Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, we were all on fire to be an evangelist. We didn’t even have 1% of his anointing or charisma or oratory skills or his knowledge of and experience with God, yetContinue reading “Be an evangelist”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/10/strength-in-weakness-3 Judges 7:1-9 sets out a story that I heard preached quite some time back, but which I have forgotten. The beauty of ODB is that if we read it regularly, it brings to remembrance all these familiar stories from the bible, and once in a while, also a few obscure and less known ones.Continue reading “Gideon’s 300 men”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/09/deeper-healing In yesterday’s ODB post, they wrote about the empty tomb and how John outran Peter to reach the tomb first, only to discover Jesus’s body was missing after His death. See the link below: https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/08/running-to-jesus The empty tomb is, of course, significant in establishing the resurrection of Jesus Christ as it would be impossibleContinue reading “By His stripes, we are healed”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/07/drops-of-red Today is Good Friday, and as believers, we celebrate this day in remembrance of Jesus’s crucifixion and death on the cross of Calvary. The death that enabled our sins to be forgiven by God once and for all to break the sting of sin, which is death itself. Because of the cross, though weContinue reading “Good Friday”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/06/the-challenge-to-serve In my post yesterday, I mentioned that although salvation is by the grace of God and not by our works, our lives need to be transformed and there is much work to be done in the Kingdom of God after we accepted Christ. https://ronnielim.com/2023/04/05/giving-our-lives-to-christ/ In today’s Scriptural reading of John 13:3-15, Jesus spoke aboutContinue reading “Serving Jesus and Others”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/05/more-than-a-little-piece One of the things we don’t usually emphasise when we share the Gospel is that Christian life involves leaving our old self behind and starting afresh in Christ as a new creation. When we preach the Gospel, we tend to focus on eternal life, on the wages of sin being death. That salvation isContinue reading “Giving our lives to Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/04/at-home-in-jesus We keep our pet cat in a room with an ensuite bathroom. Over here in Malaysia, bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms are common, unlike in more advanced countries, where plumbing is premium and very costly. For our cat, the bathroom is a less messy place for her potty as it makes cleaning easier. Although sheContinue reading “Our true and permanent home”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/03/finding-strength-in-god In relating with God, there is always this tension between relying on our own strength and gaining God’s strength in our weaknesses. When do we rely on God, and when do we use our own talents and gifts as the latter are also God-given? Two Sundays ago, I had preached a message on PaulContinue reading “Strength in our weaknesses”