https://odb.org/2024/08/07/the-voice-we-can-trust Proverbs 2:11 (NKJV): Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you… With advancements in technology and communications, the world, in a way, is at our fingertips. At the click of a button, we can find out about virtually anything or be transported into another city or culture. The Google search engine made learning soContinue reading “Discretion and wisdom”
Category Archives: Christian living
Romans 12:18
https://odb.org/2024/08/05/it-depends-on-me Romsns 12:18 (NKJV) If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. In the earlier chapters of the book of Romans (1-11), Paul taught us that salvation is by the grace of God through our faith in Christ Jesus. In the subsequent chapters (12-16), Paul taught about theContinue reading “Romans 12:18”
Faith of a child
https://odb.org/2024/08/02/a-childs-hope One of the profound passages of the Bible that remained etched in my memory is this statement by Jesus in Luke 18:16 and 17 (NIV): 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs toContinue reading “Faith of a child”
Daniel’s life of integrity
https://odb.org/2024/08/01/visible-traces-of-jesus Daniel 6:1-10 demonstrates the integrity of Daniel that despite serving the Babylonian emperors for seventy years, there was no trace of any anamolies, questionable practices, or corruption. He was clean throughout those times even though he was an exile from Judah. He treated his place of captivity like his homeland, although I am sureContinue reading “Daniel’s life of integrity”
Christ- the Beautiful One
https://odb.org/2024/07/31/the-beautiful-one Have you ever experienced a situation where you meet someone who looks normal, but as you get to know him or her, you find that he or she is pretty attractive. That is because as much as beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, it is also skin deep. There is more toContinue reading “Christ- the Beautiful One”
A life worthy of the Lord
https://odb.org/2024/07/30/a-meaningful-hyphen Colossians 3:10-11: 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience. In Colossians 3:9, PaulContinue reading “A life worthy of the Lord”
The stain of sin
https://odb.org/2024/07/26/jesus-removes-the-stain One of the things I dread is eating my favourite Malaysian food and getting a stain on my shirt or pants. For example, from curry mee or hokkien mee or even wan tan mee. Fortunately, curry and black sauce can usually be removed if we immediately wash the stain with a bit of soap. ButContinue reading “The stain of sin”
Never will I leave you
https://odb.org/2024/07/25/really-live I learned the illuminating truth about God’s healing in the first few years of my Christian life when I read through page by page an autobiography by Joni Eareckson. That was about 40 years ago. The truth is that God doesn’t heal everyone all the time. The fact that He heals is by itselfContinue reading “Never will I leave you”
God is our refuge
https://odb.org/2024/07/24/my-true-refuge If we have been with our spouse, say, for fifty years, from courting days until we grow old together like the Chinese say, from dark hair to grey hair, it may be really tough and difficult for us to carry on living if our spouse departs the earth before us. We would have beenContinue reading “God is our refuge”
Great rejoicing in heaven
https://odb.org/2024/07/23/time-to-party There is great rejoicing in heaven whenever a sinner repents and comes into faith in Christ Jesus. The parable of the prodigal son narrated by Jesus Himself in Luke 15:11-32 illustrates this very well. When the prodigal son returned after wasting away his inheritance in wild living, the father accepted him back wholeheartedly with muchContinue reading “Great rejoicing in heaven”
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