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Chin Up This Chinese New Year
Chin Up This Chinese New Year
This Chinese New Year state borders have opened and Malaysians can balik kampung! This year’s celebration is set to be a distinctly different one from last year’s…
Is the vaccine our greatest hope?
Is the vaccine our greatest hope?
When news of the Pfizer vaccine was announced, I remember jumping for joy. Already stock markets were rebounding and people were letting their hair…
Read the Bible in 365 days
Read the Bible in 365 days
Dear Friends,
This year, I saw a few close family members and friends pass on. They either died in their old age or had struggled with a disease. It is painful to watch and each time, I realise how limited our time on earth is. All lives have a beginning and an end.…
This Christmas, know that God is with us
This Christmas, know that God is with us
Christmas this year will be different from any other Christmas for sure. But Malaysians can rejoice…
A third wave: When will this be over?
A third wave: When will this be over?
The news of Malaysian families waving at their loved ones in Singapore from a yacht really broke my heart. Covid-19 means many have been separated by the JB-Singapore Causeway because borders have yet to…
Staying strong, staying close
Staying strong, staying close
Dear Friends,
A third wave of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has resulted in some changes to our ministry. Firstly, our resource centres in Subang Jaya and Kota Kinabalu are closed throughout the CMCO period as they are both located in Covid Red Zones. The purported end date is 9 November for Subang Jaya and 13…
True change comes from God
True change comes from God
Dear Friends,
The end of the year is always an exciting time for us here at Our Daily Bread Ministries. It’s when we send out two separate letters to update readers on ministry progress. The aim is so they are familiar with what we do, in order that they could pray for us and…
Christians in the workplace
Christians in the workplace: What to do (and not to do) in your first job at work
A conversation with Leslie Kho, property consultant and pastor
“Christians don’t lead a double life. What we do ‘in church’, how we behave and how we live should be our ethos in the office. We cannot separate these two spheres.” That is the…
Bad News: What do we do with it?
Bad News: What do we do with it?
2020 is a year packed with bad news. We have had global crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change, political upheaval, civil unrest, failing economies, poverty and even gruesome murders. With easy access to information,…
6 Ways to Care for Malaysia
6 Ways to Care for Malaysia
‘Malaysia Prihatin’ or ‘Malaysia Cares’ is the theme for this year’s National Day and Malaysia Day celebrations. It was chosen to recognise the…
The Dignity of Dependence
The Dignity of Dependence1
A Key to Christian Life and Mission in a Post-Pandemic World
By Asiri Fernando
The society that we live in tells us that we need to be independent. It is part of growing up, to determine our own future, career, relationships and finances. Unfortunately, this drive to be a mature and independent person often results in a…
7 Bible verses to overcome worry and anxiety
7 Bible verses to overcome worry and anxiety
Amidst the economic downturn caused by Covid-19, many have been suffering from negative thoughts and emotions. In Malaysia,…
Resuming our daily work
Resuming our daily work
Dear Friends,
Last month we ran a soft launch of Building a Bridge 2.0, a campaign to raise awareness and funding for our work in producing resources in Bahasa Malaysia. We called it 2.0 as this was the second year that we are running it. For a full report of the launch, have a look…
Taking care of our mental well-being
Taking care of our mental well-being
In the current Covid-19 situation, being isolated from loved ones or cooped up at home has led to all kinds of strains. Physically, we are moving less. That means we may be exercising less. Some of us have even put on…
Bridging the gap to bring God’s Word
Bridging the gap to bring God’s Word
Dear Friends,
We began our Bahasa Malaysia ministry in the year 1999. We put out a quarterly version and the response was simply overwhelming. It then evolved to a semi-annual and to the current annual edition. Apart from Pedoman Harian, we moved to develop other resources both in print and digital.
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