Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/17/planted-in-him Jeremiah 17:5-8 contrasts those who trust in the Lord as those who is like a tree planted by the water whose leaves are always green and who bear fruit in season with no fear of drought, compared to those who don’t who are like a bush in wastelands, who live in parched places ofContinue reading “Trust in the Lord”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/16/new-dna I think today’s ODB life example of a bone marrow transplant patient’s DNA is a perfect illustration of what happens to us when we accept Christ. I have verified this and the truth is that once someone takes a bone marrow transplant, he will exhibit the DNA of both himself and that of hisContinue reading “New DNA in Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/15/the-pudding-guy-2 Luke 16:1-12 the Parable of the Shrewd Manager is perhaps a more difficult parable to understand if we were to just take it at face value. It is somewhat controversial as it appears to glorify dishonesty when a manager who is about to lose his job started discounting the debts of his employer’s debtorsContinue reading “Use Your Worldly Wealth For Eternal Riches”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/14/deceived John cautioned us to be aware and to beware of 3 things in life – lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life (1 John 2:16). All are equally bad but I think it is the last one that afflicts most of us and have the potential to deceiveContinue reading “Pride of Life”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/13/divine-tenderness We know that God lives within us by the Holy Spirit if we have accepted Jesus in our lives as our Lord and Saviour. Yet there are times when we feel that the LORD is far away in another dimension or in some far flung galaxy. We feel we are all alone going throughContinue reading “Divine Tenderness”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/12/gods-moves In legal and corporate parlance, when we use the phrase acts of God, we mean Force Majeure which are unavoidable situations beyond the reasonable control of a party absolving the party from fulfilling its obligations under contract. Force Majeure is however broader and is not limited to only acts of God like natural disastersContinue reading “Acts of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/10/time-enough If you read Ecclesiastes 3, you will see that there is a time for everything – whether it is to be born or die, to uproot or plant, to kill or heal, to teardown or build, to weep or laugh, to mourn or dance, to search or give up, to scatter or gather andContinue reading “Everything Beautiful In His Time”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/09/driving-through-loopholes I think there is a fine line between human traditions and divine instructions as a lot of our practices do end up as human traditions. For example, while praise and worship, and preaching from the pulpit are means for us believers to celebrate God’s goodness as a congregation – the sequence of the serviceContinue reading “Human Traditions”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/08/generosity-and-joy I think as researchers have pointed out, there are people who give because it gives them joy. It makes them happy to give and I think it is true because we are happy knowing that we have done something meaningful. We have helped someone in need. But at the end of the day, IContinue reading “Giving with Joy”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/07/jesus-is-here Matthew 28:20 contains a significant promise from Jesus that He will be with us till the end of age. He will actually be with us for all eternity but when He said until the end of age, He meant being with us here on earth. This promise is significant because if the end ofContinue reading “Until the End of Age”