Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

When You Know Who's Speaking

August 27, 2016
We can listen to God as an enemy who’s out to get us, or as a friend who has our best interest at heart. How we listen makes all the difference.

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Green Pastures, Still Waters: 31 Days in Psalm 23 by Colin Smith
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Sometimes we pray with assurance of the outcome, but other times the outcome is not so clear. Those times require a heart of submission and trust in God’s greater wisdom.
August 26, 2016
Faith is not a one-time decision, and it’s not based on our own efforts. It is a life-long obedience arising from a living union with Jesus.
August 25, 2016
Faith is more than a bare belief. It gives us life and energy to bear great fruit.
August 24, 2016
Jesus can open up new possibilities in your life through the power of the Spirit. The Christian life is a struggle, but the Holy Spirit is with you through it all.
August 23, 2016
Rest is the enjoyment of completed work. That's what God did on the seventh day. God's pattern for your life also includes a day when you enjoy resting from the work that you normally do.
August 22, 2016
If you don't divide your work, you'll never complete it. God's pattern is that you should savor the joy of your completed work every day, every week, and every season.
August 21, 2016
There is nothing more paralyzing than to stare at a massive task that's never been broken down into steps. Divide it into bite-size chunks, tackle them one by one, and rest each night and each Sabbath.
August 20, 2016
As long as you are saying, “This sin is no big deal,” you will never change. But once you come to the place of saying, "This matters to God, and so it matters to me," then you are within sight of victory.
August 19, 2016
Your calling, as a Christian, is to a life of loving loyalty to the God who loved you and gave himself for you. It means giving Him more weight in your life than any other inclination of your heart.
August 18, 2016
When you come to see the magnitude of God's love for you in Christ, you will come to love him, and it will change the way you speak about him.
August 17, 2016
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Featured Offer

Green Pastures, Still Waters: 31 Days in Psalm 23 by Colin Smith
Green Pastures Still Waters is the new 31-day devotional based on Psalm 23 from Pastor Colin. God has used this psalm to encourage His people for over 3,000 years! May God use these familiar words to bring you fresh strength, hope, comfort, and encouragement.

About Open the Bible Minute

Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We do this by opening the Bible for them, helping them open the Bible themselves, and equipping them to open the Bible with others.

About Colin Smith

Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Philosophy. Before coming to the States in 1996, Colin served as senior pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London.

He is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Open the Bible.

Colin and his wife Karen reside in Arlington Heights, Ill., and have two married sons and five granddaughters.

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