Resist the devil, and he will flee from you

https://odb.org/2025/06/13/standing-firm-in-faith 1 Peter 5:6–11 (NIV): 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him,Continue reading “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”

Blessed Good Friday

https://odb.org/2025/04/17/life-and-death-in-christ John 12:23–26 (NIV): 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will loseContinue reading “Blessed Good Friday”

You have set my feet in a spacious place

https://odb.org/2025/02/04/a-spacious-place Psalm 31 NIV – 8 You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place. The moment we are born onto this earth, we face a narrowing space in terms of our life here on earth. We all have our respective expiry dates asContinue reading “You have set my feet in a spacious place”

Death and the grave

https://odb.org/2024/06/11/shebnas-grave I know of people who placed less priority on the grave because if we are in the faith, we have the assurance of resurrection one day. Where our earthen body is placed after death and whether we are buried or cremated are less important as our resurrected body is not dependent on the locationContinue reading “Death and the grave”

Better to be with Christ

https://odb.org/2024/05/17/a-change-of-venue I was down with a cold and a bad cough with fever the past few days and thus was not able to write. I am now recovering with antibiotics and some good cough mixture. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 is a well-known passage from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. It speaks of him preferingContinue reading “Better to be with Christ”

God gave His only begotten Son

https://odb.org/2024/05/02/a-creator-we-can-trust John 3:16 is probably the most well-known verse in the bible in the sense that if there is a verse that believers can memorise, it is likely John 3:16. It is the verse that was introduced to me by a friend who was preaching Christ to me when I was just a child, andContinue reading “God gave His only begotten Son”

God’s creation

https://odb.org/2024/03/10/god-made-them-all The diversity of nature is a testament to the magnificent power and glory of God from the world of microorganisms of bacteria, cells, and viruses to the oceanic plankton, algae that produce as much as half of the earth’s oxygen. I guess that the other half is produced by the photosynthesis of plants. TheContinue reading “God’s creation”