Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/23/drastic-measures There are two messages from today’s ODB. The first concerns objects that we may have in our homes which could have been used for idol worship or withcraft or occultic practices. Some of those objects could actually have been used in such practices or they may just be replicas of those objects. We couldContinue reading “Drastic Action and Objects”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/22/abundance-meets-need In 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 Paul expressed a concern on the difference between the church that has and the church that has not and yet he commended the church that has for helping out the church that didn’t. Thus equality is achieved when the one with more blesses the one in need. In my ownContinue reading “Abundance Meets Lack”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/21/god-fights-for-us What is the reason we accepted Christ? What attracted us to become a Christian, a believer, follower and disciple of Christ in the first place? There could be a variety of reasons why we accepted Christ and one of them would definitely be the promise and hope of eternal life. The Holy Spirit hadContinue reading “The LORD Our Protector”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/20/trustworthy-love Romans 12:9-21 is another exposition on love by Paul eventhough I think most of us are more familiar with 1 Corinthians 13. The slant appears to be the love that we should have as we serve God together in church and in ministry. To hate what is evil and cling to what is good.Continue reading “Trustworthy Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/19/fatherless-no-more Happy and blessed Father’s Day, everyone! I realised that with the recent passing of my earthly father, I’m now also fatherless. In fact, my ex-boss mentioned that we are now all orphans having already lost our parents. As much as at our age, we would prefer to have our fathers still with us perhapsContinue reading “Father to the Fatherless”

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”