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https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/27/extra-grace-required The most fundamental tenet of our faith is that salvation is by grace. There is nothing we can do on our own that can save us as we are all born sinners and thus deserve wrath. That’s the thrust of Ephesians 2:2-10. We were dead in our transgressions, but God, in His rich mercyContinue reading “Salvation is by grace”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/25/every-grief I have written before on Revelation 21, and I’m writing it again today. It is about the new Jerusalem and the new heaven and new earth. The dwelling place of God that Isaiah wrote about many years ago in Isaiah 65:17-25 and which the Apostle John was given a glimpse while he was exiledContinue reading “New heaven and new earth”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/24/hope-in-grief-2 The preacher at my local church articulated yesterday that the natural precedes the spiritual. For example, no matter how hard we pray, we will die one day. Of course, life and death are in the hands of God. As some say, there are two things we can not avoid in life – death andContinue reading “Hope in grief”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/23/remember-in-prayer One of the most powerful weapons we possess as a believer is the power to communicate directly with our Lord Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. Besides the relationship part, prayer is powerful because it can move the hand of God. Prayer is also powerful because, as believers, we have authority and power overContinue reading “Remember you in my prayers”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/21/room-for-silence The story of Elijah at the cave in the mountain with the wind, earthquake, and fire but only meeting God in the gentle whisper is a passage favoured by and popular among preachers. The account is in 1 Kings 19:9-14, and the context is Elijah had fled the scene after defeating and killing 450Continue reading “Silence”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/20/putting-on-humility In Philippians 2:5-11, Paul reminds us of a very important point in dealing and relating with one another. Using Jesus as the perfect example for forsaking His divinity to become man and to live among His creation as a human being, Jesus became a servant to the point of death. Humility is thus anContinue reading “Humility”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/18/doing-something-right There are two ways to look at things if we are doing wrong. One approach is to continue doing wrong. Since we have sinned, or as some say, already covered in dirt, nothing we do now may undo the wrong we did or wash away our dirt – so we continue to wallow inContinue reading “Doing the right thing”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/17/whats-my-purpose I guess one of the questions Jesus will ask us at the Judgement Seat of Christ (Bema Judgment) is – have you done the things I called you to do? Just a few days ago, I wrote on the types of judgment awaiting us on the day of Jesus Christ: https://ronnielim.com/2023/07/13/personal-responsibility-and-accountability/ Have we fulfilledContinue reading “What’s my purpose?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/16/prayer-and-transformation Psalm 127 is the start of Book Five (or the Fifth Part) of the Psalms that speaks of the rescue of Israel and their return to Jerusalem and Canaan land (Israel). The Psalmists likened the LORD’s rescue of Israel to sailors caught in the tempest of a storm at open waters. The Psalmists wroteContinue reading “Storms and prayers”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/14/deep-waters When we think of deep waters, we think of dependency on God. This is because even if we know how to swim, we can’t in the natural swim for long in deep waters. If we could float and thread water, our strength is still not unlimitless as we are essentially land animals, not marineContinue reading “Deep waters”