https://odb.org/2025/02/06/a-cultivating-life Genesis 2:4–9, 15 (NIV): 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on theContinue reading “We need to cultivate our own garden”
Category Archives: Journey of faith
The easy and hard
https://odb.org/2025/01/16/easy-and-hard Exodus 14 ESV – 12 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” 13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, andContinue reading “The easy and hard”
God’s love
https://odb.org/2025/01/15/you-too Romans 5 ESV – 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from othe wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemiesContinue reading “God’s love”
It is finished
https://odb.org/2025/01/08/a-deaf-heart John19:30 NIV – When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Hebrews 2:9, 14-15 NIV – 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor becauseContinue reading “It is finished”
Fear of the unknown
https://odb.org/2025/01/03/fear-of-the-unknown-2 John 16 – 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” As we enter 2025, some of us may feel some apprehension of what lies ahead. Like these past few years, theContinue reading “Fear of the unknown”
God knows me
https://odb.org/2024/12/03/god-knows-me Psalm 139: 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you knowg 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 my tongue, you,Continue reading “God knows me”
Jesus, the branch from David
https://odb.org/2024/10/21/the-branch Jeremiah 33:14-15 NIV: 14 ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfil the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. 15 ‘In those days and at that time, I will make a righteous branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land.Continue reading “Jesus, the branch from David”
Elijah fleeing from Jezebel
https://odb.org/2024/10/18/scraped-butter In the Transfiguration, Jesus met Elijah and Moses. Spiritually, Jesus represented the New Covenant while Moses represented the Old Covenant and Elijah the Prophets. Or seen in another perspective, Jesus represented the grace of God, while Moses represented the Law, and Elijah represented the power of God. Besides Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as theContinue reading “Elijah fleeing from Jezebel”
Discipline in our walk
https://odb.org/2024/10/15/the-disciplined-life If you’ve been to a gym before, you will know that one can go there for cardiovascular exercises. In other words, the gym is not only about doing weights to build muscles. For me, I go there to just walk and run and maybe do a few rounds of simple weights. More to strengthenContinue reading “Discipline in our walk”
Two is better than one
https://odb.org/2024/10/13/conquering-mountains-together “If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” The saying is apt to describe our Christian walk as our walk of faith is never about going fast but far. We want to last until our dying breath or until the Lord returns, loving Him andContinue reading “Two is better than one”
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