Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/31/opportunities-to-shine Jesus’s teaching on the light and salt of the world in Matthew 5:13-16 should be familiar to most of us. It is basically that salt should remain salty because if salt loses its saltiness, it will be thrown away and trampled on the ground as an illustration that we need to maintain our saltinessContinue reading “Light of the world”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/30/hope-in-god-2 It is true that in the contemporary context, we want things instantly. Even in television, when Netflix releases a series, it is at one go with 12 episodes or more. There are still TV programmes that are released one episode a week but Netflix has bucked that trend. So if you have 12 episodesContinue reading “The LORD is my portion”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/28/for-the-sake-of-the-gospel-2 Dr Nelson Bell, a surgeon whose first job was in the Love & Mercy Hospital, Jiangsu – the only hospital then in a city of at least 2 million. He was born in 1894, so the year he started in Jiangsu was around 1916 and he stayed on for another 24 years to justContinue reading “Ruth Bell Graham”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/27/sister-to-brother We all know that in the church and ministry, we are all family with one another – brothers and sisters in Christ whether older or younger men or women. In 1 Timothy 5:1-2, Timothy exhorts us to treat the older men as our father, older women as our mother, younger men and women asContinue reading “Brothers and Sisters in Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/26/walk-on There is this belief that preachers always hold on to when they preach, that is, the Word of God will not return void, that it will achieve its purpose. It is actually Scripture from Isaiah 55:11, an actual Word from the LORD as proclaimed by the prophet Isaiah speaking on behalf of God. GodContinue reading “Word of God will not return void”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/23/true-change When we accept Christ into our lives, He reigns over us and lives in us as part of our lives. We live life with Him leading the way for us. We do not become Christians or only take a Christ-like character and personality when in church or when dealing with Christians. If we areContinue reading “Transformation as a believer”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/21/choosing-compassion Obadiah 1:8-15 is a word from the LORD spoken by Obadiah the prophet to the Edomites who were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob. The Edomites had always fought against Israel and Judah and when the Israelites were brought out of Egypt, they refused passage by the Israelites across their land. It wasContinue reading “Compassion for your enemies”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/20/god-in-the-details-2 There is this phrase we often use, “the devil is in the details”; meaning to say, the challenge is to manage and work out the details of what it entails. It can be something as simple as organising a small church camp or retreat, working on a work project to actually completing a developmentContinue reading “God of the Details”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/19/reasons-to-rejoice-2 What do we say in prayer, in our quiet time? Is it always a time for requests and supplications? We pray because we have something to ask God to do, to intervene, to heal, to make a sitiation better or to go away? There is a song that I sing in worship by theContinue reading “Be Honest With God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/18/beyond-words 2 Corinthians 12 is unique and special as Paul shares about his experience hearing inexpressible things, things no one is permitted to reveal. Revelations so great that instead of using them to boost himself, Paul chose to focus on his weaknesses so he remained humbled and reliant on Christ that in his weakness heContinue reading “Beyond Words”