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https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/13/personal-responsibility In our faith as believers, we have personal responsibility and accountability for our actions, behaviour, and service, including for things we could have done but didn’t. On the day of judgment, we need to give an account for our lives – like for example, did we oppress or help the poor or disadvantaged? OrContinue reading “Personal responsibility and accountability”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/12/wash-me I think it is highly commendable that the Bible writers wrote the story of King David and Bathsheba as it is without censoring or modifying or even concealing it to put David in a better light. After all, David was and is still the pride and joy of Israel – even our Lord JesusContinue reading “Cleanse me, O LORD”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/11/who-deserves-the-praise In my view, Hebrews 3:4 sets out a very important spiritual principle that who we are and all that we have are very much blessings from God, our Heavenly Father and creator of the universe and everything in it. Thus, if we have a nice house, the LORD is the real builder of theContinue reading “The true builder”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/10/from-darkness-to-light I’m 55 this year, and my first exposure to John 3:16 was when I was 12. That was 43 years ago. I was corresponding with a classmate of mine after leaving town for a small town in the East Coast of Malaysia, and she always ended her letters with John 3:16. That piqued myContinue reading “John 3:16”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/09/a-cry-for-help As we read Isaiah 58:1-9, I feel that the message is that we must be genuine in God. In those passages, the LORD was asking why the Israelites fast and yet oppressed the poor? It’s like saying why worship in church and sing songs proclaiming God’s goodness when we ourselves practice injustice whether atContinue reading “True transformation”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/07/chocolate-snowflake Most of us are familiar with the story from the bible of the LORD feeding the nearly 2 million Israelites (men, women, and children) in the wilderness. They were fed with manna from heaven, and this lasted throughout their journey there of 40 years! As long as they were on the sojourn, God providedContinue reading “Manna from heaven”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/06/hope-beyond-consequences I have read Numbers 20:2-12 a number of times, and although I know the spiritual principle the LORD is teaching in the passage, I find it difficult to understand the motivation for Moses to do what he did in disobeying God. Basically, the story goes that the Israelites were complaining again about the lackContinue reading “Disobedience”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/05/mimic-jesus There are people who like to stand out to be different. So if everyone wears shades of white, they will wear colour like maybe purple or pink. Or if, like in Malaysia, people have black hair, there are people who like to dye their hair to a shade of blonde or ginger (brunette). ThereContinue reading “Blending in with the crowd?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/04/unchanging-god One of the joys of reading the Bible is to learn more about who the LORD our God is. The Bible is very much the recorded history of how God dealt and related with His people. Some of the history are recorded actual interactions during ancient times through His prophets, and some are narratedContinue reading “Unchanging God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/07/03/love-your-neighbor-3 Leviticus 19:18 contains God’s commandment to the Israelites to love your neighbour as yourself. There were a series of commandments starting from verse 9, including the concept not to be too efficient in harvesting so that there is a little left for the poor and the foreigner. The divine instructions continue, and among theseContinue reading “Love your neighbour as yourself”