https://odb.org/2024/10/10/love-beyond-boundaries A believer husband, in a sudden onset of severe mental illness, took the life of his own 4-year-old daughter. Although the plea of insanity may absolve a person from murder and the possible resulting capital punishment, he will be committed to a mental institution, and the incarceration may last for decades. It is notContinue reading “Forgiveness and God”
Category Archives: God’s plans and purposes
God and the ordinary
https://odb.org/2024/10/06/no-ordinary-tree In the world and at the workplace or even in school and university, people always look for extraordinary and exceptional talents. The ordinary are not looked upon because that is the masses. He is the average Joe, or John or Jane Doe, as the average male and female is known in the United States.Continue reading “God and the ordinary”
Living sacrifice and the community of believers
https://odb.org/2024/09/24/together Romans 12:1-2 & 4 – 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing ofContinue reading “Living sacrifice and the community of believers”
Your will be done here on earth
https://odb.org/2024/09/13/kingdom-shaped-workplace The Lord’s prayer teaches us how to pray as a basic structure of what we should pray for, although the prerequisite remains a sincere and forgiving heart. You may find the whole prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV: 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,Hallowed be Your name.10 Your kingdom come.Your willContinue reading “Your will be done here on earth”
Excelsior!
https://odb.org/2024/09/04/excelsior Excelsior! Excelsior! It is latin for higher, meaning that we strive to do better and better, go higher and higher. Not only do we move on and don’t give up, but we want to progress further. We don’t look back and get bogged down by regrets and ‘what ifs’, but instead, we are drivenContinue reading “Excelsior!”
What’s in your hand?
https://odb.org/2024/08/30/whats-in-your-hand-2 When God first appeared at the burning bush and called Moses to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt (you may read this in Exodus 3), Moses queried who was he that the Pharoah would listen to him? The LORD replied that He would be with him. In Exodus 4:1-5, Moses continued to query GodContinue reading “What’s in your hand?”
God of justice
https://odb.org/2024/08/29/plant-justice One of the things I feel we should always remember, even if we have been in the faith for a long time, is that God is a God of justice. What I mean is that even though we have been saved by the blood of Christ and have eternal life, God will not hesitateContinue reading “God of justice”
Camouflaged Christians?
https://odb.org/2024/08/27/look-more-like-jesus John 17:14-17 NIV: 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16Continue reading “Camouflaged Christians?”
The LORD, my refuge
https://odb.org/2024/08/19/forest-darkroom We know that as believers, we are not immune to the rigours and rhythm of life. At best, we could flow along and make the best of what life throws at us. Sometimes, certain events are too hard to bear, and we falter. We get distracted. We get disheartened and discouraged. Some even fallContinue reading “The LORD, my refuge”
Hallelujah
https://odb.org/2024/08/18/heaven-is-singing Revelation 19:1-5: 1 After these things, I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honour and power belong to the Lord our God! 2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication;Continue reading “Hallelujah”
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