https://odb.org/2024/09/29/heart-healthy Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. One of the prayers I always pray for my sons is for God to guard their hearts so that wherever they are, they always remain true and faithful to God in all that they do. They always rememberContinue reading “Guard our hearts”
Category Archives: Christian character
Reckless and careless
https://odb.org/2024/09/27/reckless-and-careless Proverbs 14:16 ESV – One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless. I had participated as a note-taker in a domestic enquiry last year, where the prosecution amended the charge to contend that something was done in a reckless manner. It adds a layerContinue reading “Reckless and careless”
Friendships in Christ
https://odb.org/2024/09/26/what-a-friend-2 Recently, we met up with two families and a pastor, friends whom we knew since our university days. That was more than 30 years ago, and although we seldom meet face to face, we have kept in touch all these years. There was, however, one major difference with our other childhood friends – weContinue reading “Friendships in Christ”
No longer the foreigner
https://odb.org/2024/09/23/no-longer-a-foreigner As ancient Israel was a religious state, the foreigner or Gentile did not have equal rights under the Covenant Law. The rationale is to maintain the purity of the Jewish race and faith. Thus, inter-marriages with the other communities in Canaan were not allowed. As history has shown, when the Israelites inter-marry, they tendContinue reading “No longer the foreigner”
Niniveh – God is slow to anger
https://odb.org/2024/09/20/gods-justice-and-grace Niniveh, a ruin located near the city of Mosul in present-day Iraq, has an interesting history as descrobed in the bible. In the book of Jonah, God asked Jonah to preach to them to warn them of the impending judgment if they do not repent. Instead, Jonah fled to the other direction as heContinue reading “Niniveh – God is slow to anger”
The bruised reed, He will not break
https://odb.org/2024/09/18/gods-patient-love I took a short break to chill and rejuvenate over the Malaysia Day weekend as we had a rare 4-day bank holiday (as they say in the UK), which ended today. Many actually took leave for the rest of the week, and thus, with just 3 days of annual leave, one can get aContinue reading “The bruised reed, He will not break”
Jerusalem
https://odb.org/2024/09/08/united-at-last When you look at Jerusalem today, it is hard to imagine that the Temple of God (originally built by David) may be excavated and brought to life again. This is because when the Ottomans conquered Jerusalem, they built a mosque on top of its ruins (destroyed earlier by the Romans). It is an impossibilityContinue reading “Jerusalem”
Speaking the truth
https://odb.org/2024/09/06/speaking-truthfully One of the things people do without thinking too much is to tell or speak about something in a way that suits the situation. So if we are asked as to what happened, we will tell it in as neutral a way as possible without directly implicationg ourselves or those close to us. SomeContinue reading “Speaking the truth”
Have a little grace
https://odb.org/2024/09/05/grace-now 1 Corinthians 13:11-13 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shallContinue reading “Have a little grace”
Excelsior!
https://odb.org/2024/09/04/excelsior Excelsior! Excelsior! It is latin for higher, meaning that we strive to do better and better, go higher and higher. Not only do we move on and don’t give up, but we want to progress further. We don’t look back and get bogged down by regrets and ‘what ifs’, but instead, we are drivenContinue reading “Excelsior!”
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