Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/10/engraved-grief I just shared a message in church on Romans 8:28 last Sunday that took Job as one of the life examples of what is the “good” or agathos in Greek and my take is one where our faith and His plans and purposes are preserved despite the adverse circumstances we may go through inContinue reading “Grieving with God”

Today’s life story in ODB aptly describes the challenge we face as Christians. The planter wants to see his sunflowers bloom while the deer in his neighbourhood seeks to devour their leaves and stems because they are food to them. So it’s a constant battle to see them bloom in spring before the deer eatsContinue reading “Sunflowers”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/08/how-great-is-our-god-2 The fact that each of us are fearfully and wonderfully made is not just something that the Scriptures declare with hopeful intent – meaning to say, we are not sure but hopeful that it is true. No, we are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made as each and every one of us although have theContinue reading “Great Are You Lord”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/07/love-like-mom One of the things I still remember till this day is my mother sneaking a RM50 note to me before I was going to take the bus back to KL to continue with my University studies. I refused to take her money as she was not a working mother, just a housewife relying onContinue reading “Mother’s Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/05/our-father Coincidently, today my late dad would have been 80 if he had not passed on 19th March and tonight we would be having a dinner to celebrate his 80th birthday. Unfortunately, it is not to be. For the living, the lesson is life and death is in the hands of God – He makesContinue reading “Our Father in Heaven”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/04/a-heart-for-service Serving God is usually in the context of a ministry in church or as part of a mission organisation. It is, at the foundation of it, serving the needs of the people. We are mostly concerned with spiritual needs, the bread of life that is the Word of God less the natural (as opposedContinue reading “Our Thanksgiving Service”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/03/longing-for-a-home Psalm 62:1-8 brings forth 4 aspects of God that David describes. The LORD is our rock, salvation, fortress and refuge. It means God is our home, our peace, a place we cling on to and yet each of those 4 words have its respective individual meaning that helps us describe an attribute of God.Continue reading “Our Hiding Place”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/02/father-of-lies-2 Part of the process of living the life of faith is to contend with voices that seek to divert our attention away from God. It could be the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes or the pride of life. Or it could be the pure temptations of the world, to findContinue reading “Lies of the Devil”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/01/light We know from science that darkness is the lack of light, meaning to say that without light, our natural eyes are not able to see. Darkness does not make objects or things go away, they still exist in the physical realm. It’s just that as humans we need to use our other senses likeContinue reading “Let There Be Light”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/30/servants-of-the-night In all of my working life I’ve only worked normal working hours. Of course I’ve worked late and long hours but they are still just stretched versions of the 9.00am to 6.00pm cycles. Nowadays more are working from home and the hours become less predictable – sometimes we start early like at 7.00 amContinue reading “Night Shifts”