Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/02/set-apart Be kind and compassionate with one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ, God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32). As much as we want to be like others, to burst into anger and rage when we are wronged and to seek justice (sometimes that’s just an euphemism for revenge or getting even), we areContinue reading “Right Side Up Living”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/01/coffee-and-a-muffin What is the basis of Christian giving? I guess at the foundation of it all is the principle that our money, possessions and assets are not fully ours in the first place. Legally ours yes but not fully ours in the sense that we recognise the provision and grace of God in us acquiringContinue reading “Giving”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/31/hope-cuts-through-storms As seen in Psalm 107, the tempest lifted high the waves which mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths. Thus in their peril their courage melted away, they reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end. They then cried out to the LORD in their trouble andContinue reading “Calming the Storm”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/30/healing-for-the-whole-world As God reconciled mankind to Him through Christ, we are likewise called to a ministry of reconciliation to also reconcile our family, friends and relatives to God and between them as well. It is a role that we can never avoid since our Heavenly Father Himself is very much into reconciliation as He aptlyContinue reading “A Ministry of Reconciliation”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/28/narrow-door-cafe When we read Luke 13:22-30, we tended to read it that Jesus meant the narrow door there is the same as the narrow gate He spoke about in Matthew 7:13-14. I guess in the broader sense, we could equate the teaching to be similar and its application to be also somewhat similar, except thatContinue reading “The Narrow Door”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/27/the-forecasters-mistake Today’s ODB highlights a pertinent point especially in these last days, these end times of whom do we listen to? Through Jeremiah, God told the Israelites that they must stop listening to prophets who proclaimed peace and prosperity but they were not sent by the LORD for they proclaim peace despite the disobedience andContinue reading “Whom Do We Listen To?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/26/turn-up-the-heat When we order a nice cup of gourmet or local coffee, we like it pipping hot. We know that the aroma and taste of the coffee fully comes out when it is properly heated with boiling hot water. However, when we actually drink it, we don’t mind if it’s lukewarm or it becomes lukewarmContinue reading “Neither Hot Nor Cold”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/25/run-away When I was in my teens I joined in to listen to a conversation between my dad and his brother (my uncle) who was a martial arts instructor. This uncle shared that the purpose in learning martial arts and to train is not to prove who is the better fighter but to be ableContinue reading “Best Defence Is To Run”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/24/generous-giving One of the things we can never avoid as people of the faith is to emulate the character of our Heavenly Father. In other words, we cannot avoid becoming more Christ like if we truly love Christ as God’s goal for us is for us to be more Christ like – see Romans 8:29.Continue reading “Generosity”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/23/in-the-end It is every believer’s aspiration to be able to sincerely and genuinely say at the end that we have fought the good fight, we have finished the race and have kept the faith. We will know ourselves where we stand with God as over the years we would have communicated and interacted with theContinue reading “Begin With The End In Mind”