Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/08/discerning-right-paths Those of us who are parents will always want the best for our children. So we see what are their strengths, inclinations and interests, and we prayerfully direct them to a path we hope will bring the best out of them. In the process we teach them independence – like they drive themselves (butContinue reading “The Right Path”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/07/strength-to-let-go One of the prevailing themes in the bible is God giving strength to the weak and weary. The LORD gives strength to those who are weak and weary. There are many examples. David, when he was being hunted by Saul and declared the LORD is my strength when the LORD delivered him from Saul.Continue reading “Strength to the weak and weary”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/05/we-need-his-help I think we all know very well that we need each other’s help to do things and that includes our ministries and spiritual lives. At work, we achieve more as a team with each team player doing his or her part to reach the goal or KPI. There are superstars among us but itContinue reading “Jesus’s Help”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/04/the-privilege-of-stewardship We can see from Genesis 1 that as human beings we were supposed to rule over the fish in the sea, the birds that fly and every living creature that moves on the ground. This means that humans were created above all other animals and living creatures and we know that because God createdContinue reading “Stewardship”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/03/when-prayer-shakes-the-earth Like the sand on the beach is able to reveal much about the seashore in terms of the content of the minerals, sea shells and coral fragments and I will add remains of marine life, our little prayer can actually shake mountains! In Revelation 8, John actually saw the prayers of the saints togetherContinue reading “Little Things Matter in the Kingdom of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/02/authentic The Book of Proverbs contains mainly wisdom teaching that stand the passage of time. This means that it was relevant then and still relevant now and will still be relevant in the coming days. But if we were to dwell deeper into Proverbs, we will find that the prevailing and prevalent theme is probablyContinue reading “Wisdom”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/08/01/in-this-together To those of us who used to enjoy warm fellowship with others because of our work position, there could be a sense of loneliness when that fellowship disappeared because we are no longer in that position. It could happen because we moved departments or had taken another role or had moved on to anotherContinue reading “All Alone”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/31/make-it-your-own-dawg As we look to Paul’s life as an example for our own spiritual journey, we see that he started anew when he got to know Jesus. He considered all that he had learned as a Pharisee as nothing even though he used to take pride in his achievements. He started afresh in his newContinue reading “Making It Our Own”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/30/puddles-of-sunshine I was in the United Kingdom recently to attend Ivan’s graduation and the first thing I noticed when I touched down is the long day. It was summer and dawn breaks early at nearly 4.00 am but the sun only sets like around 9.30 pm! First time I experienced it as someone who hadContinue reading “Puddles of Sunshine”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/29/followed-by-his-goodness “Surely Your goodness and love will follow me for the rest of my life” as proclaimed by David in Psalm 23:6. Other translations use the phrase, “goodness and mercy”, a phrase I’m more acquinted with for Psalm 23. Surely this is what we as believers want for our lives as we give our heartsContinue reading “Goodness and Mercy of God”