https://odb.org/2026/06/19/the-path-of-life Proverbs 3:1–6 (NIV): 3 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.Continue reading “Shalom – peace that transcends all understanding”
Category Archives: Journey of faith
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”
Eden recreated – Revelation 21
https://odb.org/2026/06/10/no-more Revelation 21:1–5 (NIV): 21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed forContinue reading “Eden recreated – Revelation 21”
Demigods and our human mortality
https://odb.org/2026/06/09/glory-and-majesty Isaiah 14:12–15 (NIV): 12 How you have fallen from heaven,morning star, son of the dawn!You have been cast down to the earth,you who once laid low the nations!13 You said in your heart,“I will ascend to the heavens;I will raise my throneabove the stars of God;I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,on the utmostContinue reading “Demigods and our human mortality”
Giving out of our lack
https://odb.org/2026/06/08/reciprocal-generosity Philippians 4:10–19 (NIV): 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what itContinue reading “Giving out of our lack”
Longing for home
https://odb.org/2026/05/21/longing-for-home-4 Psalm 137:1–6 (NIV): 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songsContinue reading “Longing for home”
Attitude at work as a believer
https://odb.org/2026/05/19/fully-dedicated Genesis 39:2–6 (NIV): 2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, 4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. PotipharContinue reading “Attitude at work as a believer”
The LORD’s grandeur and majesty!
https://odb.org/2026/05/15/seeing-gods-grandeur Psalm 104:1–7 (NIV): 1 Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2 The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent 3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.Continue reading “The LORD’s grandeur and majesty!”
Good soil in God
https://odb.org/2026/05/14/good-soil-in-god Luke 8:4–8 (NIV): 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fellContinue reading “Good soil in God”
We will reap what we sow
https://odb.org/2026/05/13/waiting-for-the-harvest-2 Galatians 6:7–10 (NIV): 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the properContinue reading “We will reap what we sow”
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