https://odb.org/2024/02/21/an-open-door As we go through life, there are times when we have doors closed on us. We applied for a job, but we didn’t even get called for an interview. Or we secured the interview but not the job. It could be that promotion or even someone we were attracted to. Or a mision opportunityContinue reading “Open doors”
Category Archives: God’s plans and purposes
John Sung
https://odb.org/2024/01/31/fully-surrendered I read books on John Sung when I was young and I could see that although he lived a short life, he had a major impact on the lives of many people, especially in pre-independence Malaya that many families came into the faith because of his ministry. I had lived in Sitiawan before andContinue reading “John Sung”
God looks at the heart
https://odb.org/2024/01/26/no-more-prejudice-2 1 Samuel 16:7 sets out the criteria God uses to choose a leader for Him. God looks at the heart rather than the appearance. In contrast to Saul, who was the most handsome man in Israel and head and shoulders taller than anyone else (1 Samuel 9:2), David was only a young boy whenContinue reading “God looks at the heart”
Esther, Queen of Persia
https://odb.org/2024/01/25/strange-places-2 It is amazing how Esther, an orphan adopted and raised as his own by her cousin, Mordecai, could be chosen to be a concubine and later crowned the Queen of Persia by the Persian King, Xerxes. Persia was the superpower nation then at that part of the world. Esther, together with her cousin, Mordecai,Continue reading “Esther, Queen of Persia”
