https://odb.org/2024/10/08/running-for-jesus Psalm 92:12-14 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. They will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, At the workplace,Continue reading “Bearing fruit in old age”
Category Archives: Living Sacrifice
Defusing tensions
https://odb.org/2024/10/04/a-hard-day After a hard and long day at work, we are usually tired and just want to chill. Unless something pleasant had happened during the day, our mood would lilely be bad. So, even a simple neutral gesture or word may irritate us and cause us to react negatively and sometimes harshly. Or we mayContinue reading “Defusing tensions”
Repentance
https://odb.org/2024/08/23/a-repentant-heart When I was a younger believer, I was taught a very important lesson that perhaps nowadays we place less emphasis on. The lesson is that even as we confess our sins and seek forgiveness before God and accept by faith Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we need to also repent from ourContinue reading “Repentance”
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”
Doing good for Jesus
https://odb.org/2024/08/09/love-in-action-4 Hebrews 13:15-16 (NIV): 15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices, God is pleased. I think it is a good idea to linkContinue reading “Doing good for Jesus”
Daniel’s life of integrity
https://odb.org/2024/08/01/visible-traces-of-jesus Daniel 6:1-10 demonstrates the integrity of Daniel that despite serving the Babylonian emperors for seventy years, there was no trace of any anamolies, questionable practices, or corruption. He was clean throughout those times even though he was an exile from Judah. He treated his place of captivity like his homeland, although I am sureContinue reading “Daniel’s life of integrity”
Never will I leave you
https://odb.org/2024/07/25/really-live I learned the illuminating truth about God’s healing in the first few years of my Christian life when I read through page by page an autobiography by Joni Eareckson. That was about 40 years ago. The truth is that God doesn’t heal everyone all the time. The fact that He heals is by itselfContinue reading “Never will I leave you”
Cleansed by the blood of Christ
https://odb.org/2024/06/03/cleansed-by-christ The picture of a water filter turning murky water into crystal clear clean water is, to me, a perfect picture of how the blood of the Lamb cleanses us from sin to righteousness in God. Through Christ, we are presented blameless and unblemished before God. It is by the grace of God and not throughContinue reading “Cleansed by the blood of Christ”
The devourer
https://odb.org/2024/05/27/when-its-time We need to recognise and be aware that besides our own fleshy and selfish desires, there is someone else out there encouraging us not to follow God on the narrow path to righteousness. He tempts and seduces us to take the more common path favoured by most people. The path of least resistance. ForContinue reading “The devourer”
Better to be with Christ
https://odb.org/2024/05/17/a-change-of-venue I was down with a cold and a bad cough with fever the past few days and thus was not able to write. I am now recovering with antibiotics and some good cough mixture. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 is a well-known passage from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. It speaks of him preferingContinue reading “Better to be with Christ”
