Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/07/birds-of-the-air Jesus used the “light and heavy” (gal wahomer in Hebrew) illustration to highlight the point that if God is good in something less important, surely He will be good in something more important. So if He takes care of the birds of the air, what more will He take care of us, His childrenContinue reading “Our Heavenly Father Will Provide”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/06/envisioning-our-neighbors-future The LORD’s instructions in Leviticus 25 to the Israelites to help fellow Israelites who are poor like they would of a foreigner and stranger is basically not charging them interest when lending them money or not making a profit when selling them food. The premise was that so those who became poor and unableContinue reading “Generosity as a Virtue”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/05/grieving-and-grateful One of those things in life that we will not be able to avoid is grief. As we get older, there will be loved ones and friends who will go before us. In fact some of our contemporaries may have passed on. People die for different reasons. Besides traffic accidents, the other major causesContinue reading “Grieving and Yet Grateful”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/04/our-hearts-true-home It’s nothing short of a miracle that a dog that got lost 2,200 miles (3,500 kms) away could somehow find its way home 6 months later. It is both spectacular and amazing! Without maps or GPS, how did the dog do it? Perhaps that home was its natural home and thus it will gravitateContinue reading “True Home of Our Heart”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/03/mirror-test Who do we see when we look into the mirror? We obviously see ourselves. We are who we are as in the mirror. We can imagine we are someone else or a more beautiful or younger version of ourselves but we are still who we are. In fact, if we are women devoid ofContinue reading “Mirror of Ourselves”

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”