Category Archives: Uncategorized

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/19/live-in-freedom Galatians 5 records the challenge faced by early Christians in the transition from Mosaic law to faith in Jesus Christ as most early Christians were Jewish in origins, including Paul and the other Apostles like Peter, John and James. In fact, in Paul’s missionary trips, he usually preached at synagogues. For the Jews, theContinue reading “Freedom in Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/18/fixing-go-karts Today is a pretty special day – I turn 55, and just 10 years ago, I would have retired. It was in 2013 that the Malaysian government increased the retirement age for the private sector from 55 to 60, although civil servants had theirs changed to 58 earlier than that. There are pros andContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/16/gods-unfailing-memory I’m not too sure about today’s ODB’s life illustration of a person who had forgotten his bitcoin account with millions in it being compared to God who does not have failing memory. This is because God being God, His memory can never fail. He knows even the number of hair strands we have andContinue reading “The LORD remembers us”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/15/putting-the-pieces-together When we read Philippians 1:6, there is a tendency to think that God will somehow make us perfect in due time, that Paul is like saying that we will be perfected until the day of Jesus Christ as though we will appear before Christ smelling like roses in squeaky clean white robes on thatContinue reading “Koinonia”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/14/texts-troubles-and-triumphs In the Christian world, as much as we say that we do not want to be conformed to the pattern of this world, we are still attracted to the snazzy, slick, and flashy. So, to some of us, brilliance triumphs faithfulness. We could perhaps understand this more for music and song, but when itContinue reading “Faithfulness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/13/its-empty-now One of the things I dread doing at my age now is to move house. I have moved house (our own house) twice in my life. We bought our first house off plan and waited nearly two years to take vacant possession of it. We stayed there close to four years before we hadContinue reading “It’s empty now”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/12/freeing-obedience Most of us go through stages in life. We were obedient when younger, but as we became teenagers, we may somewhat be a tad rebellious. We will likely go through a phase of self-discovery and, in the process, may want to be a little independent from our parents. We may start to develop ourContinue reading “Obedient vs. rebellious”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/11/gods-garden Today’s ODB’s life illustration of moonflower vines that bloom in the night but wither away in the bright sun never to bloom again is a good picture of our lives here on earth. Like the moonflower, our lives here, although short compared to eternity, are blessed with beauty by God. We are beautiful toContinue reading “Beauty in brevity”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/09/our-place-of-safety If there is a large tree in the plains, you will see that it attracts many animals like an oasis or water hole in the desert. The tree becomes a canopy or shelter from the sweltering heat. A shade from the blistering sun is most welcomed, especially at midday in the heat of summer.Continue reading “The LORD God, our shelter”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/08/strengthened-through-trials Lately, the topic of trials and tribulations has surfaced a few times in these pages. For example: https://ronnielim.com/2023/06/04/standing-for-jesus/ or https://ronnielim.com/2023/05/26/god-stands-with-us/ or even https://ronnielim.com/2023/06/05/seasons/. It is inevitable that as believers, we will face trials and tribulations like any other human. But more so, as a believer because we live lives that are “right side up”Continue reading “Glory in our sufferings”