Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/01/celestial-communion I just had an interesting conversation with a Muslim colleague on the Holy Communion a few days back. Basically I explained that it was initiated by Jesus for us believers to remember His death until He comes again. It was originally a Jewish passover meal to commensurate God’s grace in sparing the lives ofContinue reading “Holy Communion”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/30/giving-god-my-work I was with a group of companies for nearly 27 years before I recently found a good opening elsewhere and exited. My pastor said that 3 more years and I would have clocked 30 years and would equal government servants on the pension scheme! In my 27 years, I was not at a singleContinue reading “Our Work and God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/29/run-2 The story of Joseph in the bible of how he ran out of the house when Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him is the classic illustration of the point that the best way to avoid sin is to flee from it. Conversely, probably the worse way to avoid sin is to go to itContinue reading “Maintaining Our Righteousness”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/28/the-big-welcome Today’s concept of accepting a friend of a friend as your friend is certainly interesting to look at from the perspective of us as a friend of Christ. I think we are familiar with this concept of A being a friend of Mr so and so and since we know Mr so and so,Continue reading “A Friend of Jesus”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/27/more-than-enough-3 This account in 2 Kings 4:1-7 is a well known story of how God through Elisha protected and provided for the widow of a prophet who had just died so that her two sons are not taken as slaves to repay the debt of the dead prophet. God intervened into the natural by turningContinue reading “God’s Miraculous Ways”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/26/walking-together The dog walking with a fake limp when the owner was using crutches is the perfect picture of empathy towards another. Similar to us not bubling with joy or jokes in a funeral or with mourning friend. Or as non Muslims, we refrain from eating in front of Muslims during the fasting month. ShowingContinue reading “Love Your Neighbour”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/24/the-message-of-the-cross The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of God! That’s Corinthians 1:18 as written by Paul. I can testify in my own life how God reached out to me when I was just 11 through a friend whoContinue reading “The Message of the Cross”

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”