Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/14/the-power-of-love-4 As Christians, we sometimes think of love as something that is beyond just human love because of Jesus’s love for us. We know that the ultimate love is one that is willing to sacrifice one’s life for another and Jesus died for all humankind so that we may be reconciled back to God. WillingnessContinue reading “Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/13/not-forgotten-3 I have written before in this Blog or perhaps earlier that there are times when we do God’s work that the results are not immediate or apparent. Some results are only seen in the longer term or in years to come or even in next generations as often seen in the work done byContinue reading “Not Forgotten”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/12/living-by-faith A fundamental aspect of our belief system as a Christian is faith. We are justified by faith, not by works. Our salvation and our place in heaven is a gift from God, made possible only by the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection thereafter. Therefore, our faith in Jesus ChristContinue reading “Living by Faith”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/11/the-voice-of-the-father I guess it was necessary for God to proclaim and confirm Jesus as His Son at the start of Jesus’s ministry on earth – so that people will know then and by reading the Gospels, people like you and me will know now too. For the sake of the mission to redeem humanity fromContinue reading “Affirmation of the Father”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/10/his-amazing-help Today’s ODB story is about God intervening with a Godsend snowfall up to a feet thick to slow and in some places stop the 2020 raging fire in Colorado, which by then had burned down to the ground 100,000 acres of forest and 300 houses. The fire was in the fall and the snowContinue reading “Power of Prayer”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/09/mortality-and-humility Recently I watched a clip of the TV series Grey’s Anatomy on Facebook. It was about this busy guy who had bought tickets to watch a live baseball game with his son; something they had both been looking forward to as he led a busy life. He was in the hospital with some chestContinue reading “Memento Mori”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/08/success-and-sacrifice I just heard a sermon last Sunday on how the Christian world is sadly similar to the secular world whether it’s the church, a mission organisation or a seminary. There are opportunistic people in high places, there is politicking, manipulation and people looking for sensational things like supernatural encounters, angelic or spiritual visions andContinue reading “Success in Christian Living”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/07/getting-what-we-want-2 History is filled with people getting what they wanted and those who didn’t. The bible itself records such instances as in the case of Adonijah and Solomon, or even Saul and David. We also see what happened between Jacob and Esau or Cain and Abel. People react badly when they didn’t get what theyContinue reading “Getting What We Want”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/06/sweet-sleep There are instances where the bible uses the term ‘sleep’ to denote death and for the righteous (justified by law or faith), it is an apt description as our ultimate destination is heaven and death is temporal as there will come a day when all those who are righteous before God will be resurrectedContinue reading “Sleep”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/05/not-for-our-comfort The life story of Dan in today’s ODB is similar to that of the well known Toni Eareckson who became a paraplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury. They both sought healing from God but it never came. Instead, in their suffering, they persevered, from their perseverance, they had character and from character, theyContinue reading “Suffering”