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https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/10/strength-in-weakness-3 Judges 7:1-9 sets out a story that I heard preached quite some time back, but which I have forgotten. The beauty of ODB is that if we read it regularly, it brings to remembrance all these familiar stories from the bible, and once in a while, also a few obscure and less known ones.Continue reading “Gideon’s 300 men”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/09/deeper-healing In yesterday’s ODB post, they wrote about the empty tomb and how John outran Peter to reach the tomb first, only to discover Jesus’s body was missing after His death. See the link below: https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/08/running-to-jesus The empty tomb is, of course, significant in establishing the resurrection of Jesus Christ as it would be impossibleContinue reading “By His stripes, we are healed”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/07/drops-of-red Today is Good Friday, and as believers, we celebrate this day in remembrance of Jesus’s crucifixion and death on the cross of Calvary. The death that enabled our sins to be forgiven by God once and for all to break the sting of sin, which is death itself. Because of the cross, though weContinue reading “Good Friday”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/06/the-challenge-to-serve In my post yesterday, I mentioned that although salvation is by the grace of God and not by our works, our lives need to be transformed and there is much work to be done in the Kingdom of God after we accepted Christ. https://ronnielim.com/2023/04/05/giving-our-lives-to-christ/ In today’s Scriptural reading of John 13:3-15, Jesus spoke aboutContinue reading “Serving Jesus and Others”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/05/more-than-a-little-piece One of the things we don’t usually emphasise when we share the Gospel is that Christian life involves leaving our old self behind and starting afresh in Christ as a new creation. When we preach the Gospel, we tend to focus on eternal life, on the wages of sin being death. That salvation isContinue reading “Giving our lives to Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/04/at-home-in-jesus We keep our pet cat in a room with an ensuite bathroom. Over here in Malaysia, bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms are common, unlike in more advanced countries, where plumbing is premium and very costly. For our cat, the bathroom is a less messy place for her potty as it makes cleaning easier. Although sheContinue reading “Our true and permanent home”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/03/finding-strength-in-god In relating with God, there is always this tension between relying on our own strength and gaining God’s strength in our weaknesses. When do we rely on God, and when do we use our own talents and gifts as the latter are also God-given? Two Sundays ago, I had preached a message on PaulContinue reading “Strength in our weaknesses”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/04/02/bluestone-church-bells As we celebrate Palm Sunday today, the day that signified the entry of Christ into Jerusalem a few days before His crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, let’s appreciate that the truth of the Messiah is not hidden from us. In Luke 19, it is recorded that Jesus wept over Jerusalem even as His disciples rejoiceContinue reading “Palm Sunday”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/31/rest-assured I recalled just a few weeks back I was down with a serious cold, had a bad sore throat, and was running a temperature up to 38.5 degrees Celsius. With the fever, I only wanted to sleep. Didn’t want to do anything. I had no appetite to eat. I only ate to take myContinue reading “Peace of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/30/to-do-or-not-to-do Romans 7:14-25 has been a source of debate because if it describes Paul’s personal struggles with sin, then it contradicts Paul’s assertion that believers have freedom from sin in the Holy Spirit as described in Romans 6:17-18 and 8:1-2. Thus, many scholars now believe that Paul’s narrative in Romans 7 is more a literalContinue reading “Our Struggle With Sin”