Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/30/where-to-turn It’s really sad to read about a brother who found Christ and laid off drugs who was athletic and happy doing his sport in high school, to only return to drugs years later and die of overdose. He attended a local church and decided to follow Jesus. However following Jesus is not a flashContinue reading “Falling Back On Old Habits”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/29/the-coffee-bean-bowl Let’s say, for example, the Lord prompts you to give a gift of RM5,000 (and at the rate our currency markets are heading, that is looking more and more like just one thousand US Dollars) to someone who doesn’t appear to be struggling financially. Do you do that or would you instead give thatContinue reading “Sacrifice as Prompted”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/27/gods-help-for-our-future Psalm 90:12 teaches: “Number our days so we may gain a heart of wisdom” while Psalm 90:19 prays that, “May the favour of the Lord our God establish the work of our hands.” As we have previously shared in these pages, the wisdom of the Old Testament, of the Psalms and Proverbs, is oftenContinue reading “Number Our Days”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/26/the-miracle-of-salvation As much as the famous miracle of Lazarus in John 11 is spectacular, it is still in my view not as spectacular as the miracle of salvation. To raise a person from the dead after a full four days in indeed an impossibility and only God could do that and it proved that JesusContinue reading “The Miracle of Salvation”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/25/choose-wisely “Whoever wants to save their lives will lose it but whoever loses their lives for me and the Gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Mark 8:35-36). There will be many times as we walk the journey of faith that we willContinue reading “Concerns of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/23/the-story-isnt-over In the movies, there are certain set rules. For example, there is always a protagonist and an antagonist, the hero or leading character and the villain respectively. No matter how complex or futuristic the movie, it nearly always boils down to the bad guys and good guys, the battle between good and evil, whetherContinue reading “Will Good Always Prevail?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/22/people-who-need-people I think in doing ministry, whether directly in church or indirectly in the mission field wherever out Lord may have placed us, we need people. This is obvious because we are reaching out to people. Ministry cannot be unto ourselves although we could minister to God and God could minister to us. But that’sContinue reading “Ministry and People”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/21/living-water-3 God through Moses provided the Israelites with water from the rock as we saw in my devotional commentary yesterday. But instead of speaking to the rock as instructed by God, Moses used his tried and tested method of his staff. His disobedience displeased the LORD and as a result he was not permitted toContinue reading “Living Waters”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/20/reckless-decisions Driving fast in the rain is dangerous even in these modern times with ABS brakes and a host of advanced driving assistance (ADA) systems like adaptive cruise control, autonomous emergency braking, lane change monitor, driver attention alerts etc. Thus if we chose to drive fast in the rain, we could be regarded as havingContinue reading “Reckless Decisions”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/19/imaginative-faith Isaiah 55:6-13 is very interesting as it speaks about the time when the hills and the mountains will burst out in song and the trees shall clap their hands. A time when even nature will express their joy because the end of age has come and there is then a new heaven and aContinue reading “The Trees Shall Clap Their Hands”