https://odb.org/2024/10/16/the-speed-of-joy “Speed of joy” is a phrase coined by Sheridan Voysey, a writer based in Oxford, United Kingdom, who regularly writes for Our Daily Bread. It speaks of the pace of working, a pace that brings us joy instead of too much pressure and anxiety. At work, we either work frantically, complete our tasks asContinue reading “Speed of joy”
Category Archives: Christian living
Discipline in our walk
https://odb.org/2024/10/15/the-disciplined-life If you’ve been to a gym before, you will know that one can go there for cardiovascular exercises. In other words, the gym is not only about doing weights to build muscles. For me, I go there to just walk and run and maybe do a few rounds of simple weights. More to strengthenContinue reading “Discipline in our walk”
Try a little kindness
https://odb.org/2024/10/14/simple-acts-of-kindness There is a Glen Campbell song I sang quite often when growing up, “Try a little kindness.” https://youtu.be/MvswocNN-g8?si=CE9uWhwApWZ7R-Dt Verse: If you see your brother standing by the road. With a heavy load from the seeds, he sowed. And if you see your sister falling by the way. Just stop and say, “You’re going theContinue reading “Try a little kindness”
Two is better than one
https://odb.org/2024/10/13/conquering-mountains-together “If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” The saying is apt to describe our Christian walk as our walk of faith is never about going fast but far. We want to last until our dying breath or until the Lord returns, loving Him andContinue reading “Two is better than one”
Pray continually
https://odb.org/2024/10/11/pray-always As parents, we occasionally get that phone call from our sons telling us about the milestones in their lives. Like the day my elder son received his UK skilled worker visa after he and his employer each had invested substantial sums to apply for it. Or when my second son felt he had messedContinue reading “Pray continually”
Forgiveness and God
https://odb.org/2024/10/10/love-beyond-boundaries A believer husband, in a sudden onset of severe mental illness, took the life of his own 4-year-old daughter. Although the plea of insanity may absolve a person from murder and the possible resulting capital punishment, he will be committed to a mental institution, and the incarceration may last for decades. It is notContinue reading “Forgiveness and God”
Patient endurance
https://odb.org/2024/10/09/lessons-in-patience James 1:12 NIV – Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. I believe one of the byproducts of our life of accessible and vicarious entertainment is instant gratification. We wantContinue reading “Patient endurance”
Bearing fruit in old age
https://odb.org/2024/10/08/running-for-jesus Psalm 92:12-14 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. They will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, At the workplace,Continue reading “Bearing fruit in old age”
Open Doors
https://odb.org/2024/10/07/bibles-in-the-back-seat I learnt about Open Doors nearly forty years ago, a year or two after I accepted Christ. At that time, I was attending a Methodist outreach in my small town of Pasir Puteh in the East Coast state of Kelantan. This outreach work was started by a group of outstation Christian teachers, and theContinue reading “Open Doors”
God and the ordinary
https://odb.org/2024/10/06/no-ordinary-tree In the world and at the workplace or even in school and university, people always look for extraordinary and exceptional talents. The ordinary are not looked upon because that is the masses. He is the average Joe, or John or Jane Doe, as the average male and female is known in the United States.Continue reading “God and the ordinary”
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