https://odb.org/2024/05/06/loving-obedience If you have been a believer for a while, you would have likely come across this principle being taught – obedience is better than sacrifice. A good example to illustrate this spiritual principle is the case of Saul when he offered the sacrifice to God without waiting for the prophet Samuel (who was theContinue reading “Obedience and sacrifice”
Category Archives: Christian character
Prayer and God
https://odb.org/2024/05/03/prayer-matters I think the example of King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20 proves that prayers do move the hand of God. The LORD may do something out of ordinary when we pray, with the supernatural penetrating into the natural which should not, in the ordinary scheme of things, be a common occurrence. The world isContinue reading “Prayer and God”
God is love
https://odb.org/2024/04/30/we-cant-out-love-god I think it’s a given that we can not out-love God as much as we can not outgive God. It is obviously so because He is the creator, the supreme being who existed before anything at the beginning and will be there at the end of time. He is all-knowing and omnipresent. On topContinue reading “God is love”
True peace
https://odb.org/2024/04/23/the-true-peacemaker Warring nations have been at it since time immemorial. Most of us, I would think, hope for an end to wars and sufferings, having heard of the pain and sufferings brought about by the two World Wars. Most of us are not old enough to have experienced WW2 in Malaya, the cruelty and theContinue reading “True peace”
The Valley of Berakah
https://odb.org/2024/04/19/the-valley-of-blessing-2 There will be times when we may face impossible situations like the people of Judah being confronted with invading armies much more powerful than them. Instead of requiring them to be like the brave Spartans of ancient history, God intervened and caused confusion between the invading armies that they fought with one another andContinue reading “The Valley of Berakah”
The path that leads to destruction
https://odb.org/2024/04/17/choices-matter We make choices all the time, whether young or old. Choices may be driven by self-preservation or fleshy desires or even selfish ambitions. But mostly, as humans given the will to make our own choices, we make decisions that benefit us most. Sometimes, we pray and seek God. Sometimes, we move on because theContinue reading “The path that leads to destruction”
Living a life worthy of our calling
https://odb.org/2024/04/16/ready-to-go-3 There are two aspects to Ephesians 4:1. One is the worthy life and the other the calling. For the latter, we all have our own specific calling. That is probably why spiritual gifts, as listed in 5 different places in the New Testament, are not identical. These lists are likely not exhaustive. Thus, youContinue reading “Living a life worthy of our calling”
Be at home
https://odb.org/2024/04/15/longing-for-home-3 Although some of us may treat our workplace as just a place to earn a living, feeling at home at our workplace helps us to be happy and contented at work, ultimately pushing us to make an effective contribution to our respective organisations. We must fit in whether with the people or the workContinue reading “Be at home”
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
https://odb.org/2024/04/14/above-all-else Matthew 6:33 – Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you, is one of the most important verses of the bible that we should know besides John 3:16. It is the foundation of our faith in the sense that while we need toContinue reading “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God”
Armour of light
https://odb.org/2024/04/09/put-this-on-every-day We are a new creation when we are born again in Christ, having awakened our spirit who was dead to Yahweh, God the Father. The Holy Spirit lifted the scales from our eyes to see the light, having an understanding of the salvation Jesus brings through His death on the cross and how HisContinue reading “Armour of light”
Ronnie's Thoughts 