Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/06/you-can-do-it-2 We are all acquinted with the power of encouragement as the teaching is always it is better to encourage than to criticise. So someone didn’t do as well – we say, it’s ok, try again or work harder and do better next time. It is a good principle to follow whether in the worldContinue reading “The Power of Encouragement”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/05/wisdom-and-understanding I think while it is outstanding and astounding that Julian of Norwich spent 20 years praying in isolation to seek the Lord after seeing visions of Jesus’ crucifixion as she was healed from a sa crerious and potentially fatal illness, it is probably not something practical in the modern world. That was in theContinue reading “Revelation and Wisdom from God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/04/no-greater-love-7 There is no greater love than a man who lays down his life for his friend. Jesus said this in John 15:13. Although He did that for us when He died on the cross for our sins, He meant it both literally and figuratively. This is important because although the literal meaning is theContinue reading “Love = Sacrifice”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/03/he-knows-my-heart When we make a genuine mistake, apologise and try to make amends but people nevertheless accuse us of having done so intentionally, only God knows our heart intention and thus this is not an argument we can win. The Lord doesn’t judge by what He sees with His eyes or what He hears withContinue reading “God Sees Our Heart”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/02/surviving-together Some people believe they can be a believer but need not join a church or a fellowship. Their argument is that their relationship with God is between them and God and thus they don’t need to involve anyone else, or rather it is perfectly OK to relate to God without involving other believers. ThatContinue reading “The Purpose of a Congregation”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/01/celestial-communion I just had an interesting conversation with a Muslim colleague on the Holy Communion a few days back. Basically I explained that it was initiated by Jesus for us believers to remember His death until He comes again. It was originally a Jewish passover meal to commensurate God’s grace in sparing the lives ofContinue reading “Holy Communion”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/30/giving-god-my-work I was with a group of companies for nearly 27 years before I recently found a good opening elsewhere and exited. My pastor said that 3 more years and I would have clocked 30 years and would equal government servants on the pension scheme! In my 27 years, I was not at a singleContinue reading “Our Work and God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/29/run-2 The story of Joseph in the bible of how he ran out of the house when Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him is the classic illustration of the point that the best way to avoid sin is to flee from it. Conversely, probably the worse way to avoid sin is to go to itContinue reading “Maintaining Our Righteousness”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/28/the-big-welcome Today’s concept of accepting a friend of a friend as your friend is certainly interesting to look at from the perspective of us as a friend of Christ. I think we are familiar with this concept of A being a friend of Mr so and so and since we know Mr so and so,Continue reading “A Friend of Jesus”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/27/more-than-enough-3 This account in 2 Kings 4:1-7 is a well known story of how God through Elisha protected and provided for the widow of a prophet who had just died so that her two sons are not taken as slaves to repay the debt of the dead prophet. God intervened into the natural by turningContinue reading “God’s Miraculous Ways”