Highway of Holiness

https://odb.org/2026/06/16/the-way-of-holiness Isaiah 35:8–10 (NIV): 8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. 9 No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast;they will not beContinue reading “Highway of Holiness”

Generosity as a Christian virtue

https://odb.org/2026/06/15/given-to-give 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 (NIV): 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly,Continue reading “Generosity as a Christian virtue”

Beauty in the dead of winter

https://odb.org/2026/06/12/seasons-of-love Romans 5:6–8 (NIV): 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were stillContinue reading “Beauty in the dead of winter”

Albatross around our neck

https://odb.org/2026/06/04/freedom-in-gods-love 1 John 1:5–9 (NIV): 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if weContinue reading “Albatross around our neck”

The blessings of God

https://odb.org/2026/04/14/harvest-his-blessing Leviticus 26:3–12 (NIV): 3 “ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eatContinue reading “The blessings of God”

God’s compassionate discipline

https://odb.org/2025/12/17/inestimable-worth Isaiah 43:1–7 (NIV): 43 But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, Jacob,he who formed you, Israel:“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have summoned you by name; you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters,I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will notContinue reading “God’s compassionate discipline”

Waiting on God

https://odb.org/2025/11/24/hope-in-the-waiting Jeremiah 25:4–11 (NIV): 4 And though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to youContinue reading “Waiting on God”

Waiting for God

https://odb.org/2025/11/14/waiting-for-god-2 Lamentations 3:22-24: 22 Because of the Lord’s great lover we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The book of Lamentations presents the cry of Jeremiah, whoContinue reading “Waiting for God”

Flashbulb memories

https://odb.org/2025/11/11/flashbulb-memories John 20:18–20 (NIV): 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, JesusContinue reading “Flashbulb memories”

A tribute and a reminder

https://odb.org/2025/10/29/a-tribute-and-reminder Joshua 4:1–7 (NIV): When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, 2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over withContinue reading “A tribute and a reminder”