https://odb.org/2025/01/05/god-knows-everything Psalm 139 NIV – 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on myContinue reading “You, O Lord, know everything about me”
Category Archives: God’s calling
Joseph, the husband of Mary
https://odb.org/2024/12/17/the-rescue-2 God’s plan in saving the world was to send His only son to the world that whoever believed in Him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Yet His son can not miraculously appear out of thin air. Thus, God chose Mary, who was already betrothed to Joseph, a descendant of theContinue reading “Joseph, the husband of Mary”
Your Word is a lamp unto my feet
https://odb.org/2024/11/22/making-wise-choices Psalm 119:101-105 NIV – 101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word. 102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 I gain understandingContinue reading “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet”
Our appointment with death
https://odb.org/2024/11/21/the-appointment Hebrews 9 NIV: 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed oncei to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. RomansContinue reading “Our appointment with death”
Running away from God
https://odb.org/2024/10/25/whale-watching While it is generally true that if we do not respond to God’s calling, He will choose or call someone else to do the work. The principle is true because the sovereign will of God will be achieved independent of the originally chosen one. Thus, when Saul didn’t meet the LORD’s expectations, He raisedContinue reading “Running away from God”
