https://odb.org/2024/07/03/a-life-changing-gift We know that the Bible is life-changing as at the macro level, we get a glimpse of who God is from the outset at creation until He called Abraham out of the Ur of the Caldeans to Canaan and from Jacob’s family of 70 who settled in Egypt, they became a community or nationContinue reading “God’s life changing gift”
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Festival of Tabernacles
https://odb.org/2024/07/02/a-national-campout The Festival of Tabernacles is one of the celebrations instituted by God for the Israelites to remember the time their ancestors spent in the wilderness after God delivered them from Egypt back into the Promised Land. That journey was mostly spent in an oasis just south of Canaan called Kadesh Barnea. They lived inContinue reading “Festival of Tabernacles”
At the pleasure
https://odb.org/2024/07/01/serving-at-the-pleasure To those of us who have studied law or are involved in law enforcement, we are acquinted with the phrase “at the pleasure of,” and it is usually used in the context of detention. Thus, if a minor is convicted of a penal crime, he can’t be imprisoned but will be detained at theContinue reading “At the pleasure”
What is that to you?
https://odb.org/2024/06/30/what-is-that-to-you-3 John 21:22 is perhaps one of the most profound statements made by Jesus that spells out a fundamental core of our faith. It speaks of our faith being very inclusive as in love your neighbour, but at the very core, it is very personal. Personal because our spiritual walk, the race, is between usContinue reading “What is that to you?”
Deserts into pools of water
https://odb.org/2024/06/28/seeing-a-future-of-hope If you travel from Egypt to Israel via the Rafah crossing, the unfortunate scene of the current Israeli-Hamas war, you will notice a distinct change in the landscape. From parching desertlands to green agricultural farms and vegetation. The change of scenery is spectacular, to say the least, and as a believer, you can notContinue reading “Deserts into pools of water”
Life’s pilgrimage
https://odb.org/2024/06/27/lifes-pilgrimage I think what distinguishes us believers from non-believers is that we not only have God in our lives but also a purpose in God. We have a calling in Christ with God’s plans and purposes for us, conceived even before we were formed in our mother’s womb. Life’s journey is not the end itselfContinue reading “Life’s pilgrimage”
Inter-generational learning
https://odb.org/2024/06/26/learning-from-each-other The book of Ruth is probably the empitome of the inclusiveness of God as it tells the story of an outsider, a Moabite, who followed her Jewish mother in law, Naomi, back to Judah after the death of her husband. To put this relationship in context, the Moabites are enemies of the Israelites. RuthContinue reading “Inter-generational learning”
Fear of God
https://odb.org/2024/06/24/in-awe-of-god Proverbs 9:10 teaches that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God here means awe and respect, rather than bring scared or afraid like the Isrealites in Exodus 20:18 where they trembled with fear when they saw thunder and lightning at the time God gave Moses the TenContinue reading “Fear of God”
Riches in heaven
https://odb.org/2024/06/23/rich-in-good-deeds Today’s ODB story of Oseola McCarthy donating 150,000 dollars to a nearby university to create a fund for needy students after slogging for 70 years as a washerwoman is both inspiring and exemplary. It is the personification of 1 Timothy 6 of coming and leaving here with nothing, and thus, we should focus onContinue reading “Riches in heaven”
Never ceases
https://odb.org/2024/06/20/new-and-certain I don’t have any issues with old things, especially furniture. By the blink of an eye, 13 years have passed since we bought the condo in the city, and the furnishings, although by now old, still look good to me. In fact, the things we have at our other house, the new house thatContinue reading “Never ceases”
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