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”
Category Archives: New heaven and new earth
God’s life changing gift
https://odb.org/2024/07/03/a-life-changing-gift We know that the Bible is life-changing as at the macro level, we get a glimpse of who God is from the outset at creation until He called Abraham out of the Ur of the Caldeans to Canaan and from Jacob’s family of 70 who settled in Egypt, they became a community or nationContinue reading “God’s life changing gift”
We are fearfully and wonderfully made
https://odb.org/2024/06/12/wonderfully-complex This verse from Psalm 139:14 written by David is the well-known exaltation that God took the effort to personally make each and every one of us. We are fearfully and wonderfully made! We know from Jeremiah 1:5 that the LORD Himself proclaimed that He knew Jeremiah before He formed him in his mother’s womb.Continue reading “We are fearfully and wonderfully made”
Death and the grave
https://odb.org/2024/06/11/shebnas-grave I know of people who placed less priority on the grave because if we are in the faith, we have the assurance of resurrection one day. Where our earthen body is placed after death and whether we are buried or cremated are less important as our resurrected body is not dependent on the locationContinue reading “Death and the grave”
Liked and loved by the LORD
https://odb.org/2024/06/05/a-not-so-brief-history-of-like I think wanting to be liked by others is something ingrained in us (some say, hardwired). Thus, the creator of likes in social media is a genius taking advantage of an inherent desire in humans, although Justin Rosenstein regrets the ensuing social media addiction by many. Fortunately, God first loved us and continues toContinue reading “Liked and loved by the LORD”
Like a deer pants for water
https://odb.org/2024/06/04/thirsty-and-thankful If you ever had a strenuous bout of competitive sports like playing a good set of badminton, you will realise how thirsty you can become. For me, the tendency before was to gulp down a 500ml bottle of 100 Plus or Gatorade or some isotonic sports drink to quickly replace the electrolytes and fluids.Continue reading “Like a deer pants for water”
Discipline by the Father
https://odb.org/2024/05/24/correction-with-a-kiss To me, the touching part of Hebrews 12:10 is that God disciplines us so that we may share in His holiness. He corrects us because He loves us. He corrects us so that we don’t go too far astray that we end up losing our inheritance in the saints. If we are not onContinue reading “Discipline by the Father”
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”
God gave His only begotten Son
https://odb.org/2024/05/02/a-creator-we-can-trust John 3:16 is probably the most well-known verse in the bible in the sense that if there is a verse that believers can memorise, it is likely John 3:16. It is the verse that was introduced to me by a friend who was preaching Christ to me when I was just a child, andContinue reading “God gave His only begotten Son”
True peace
https://odb.org/2024/04/23/the-true-peacemaker Warring nations have been at it since time immemorial. Most of us, I would think, hope for an end to wars and sufferings, having heard of the pain and sufferings brought about by the two World Wars. Most of us are not old enough to have experienced WW2 in Malaya, the cruelty and theContinue reading “True peace”
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