Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

Don't Spoil Your Appetite

September 2, 2019

Legitimate pleasures at the wrong time and in the wrong amount will spoil your appetite for holiness. Take a break from those pleasures and experience the freedom it brings.

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Do you struggle with forgiveness? Then don't make it harder by quarreling or gossiping, which stoke the fires of bitterness and anger.
September 1, 2019
Every time you focus on a wrong that has been done to you, you are stoking a fire of anger and bitterness within your own soul.
August 31, 2019
Feeling a general sense of your own failure is not spiritual mourning and will not move you forward. What does true spiritual mourning look like?
August 30, 2019
Suffering can produce hardness of heart, but it can also produce great tenderness. You can use your pain as fuel for compassion.
August 29, 2019
Hungering and thirsting for righteousness is a sure sign of spiritual life and health.
August 28, 2019
Whatever you think will satisfy you will become the great pursuit of your life. What do you think will give you real satisfaction?
August 27, 2019
The world is quick to think the worst about people. But a merciful person makes more of a person's virtues and strengths than their failings.
August 26, 2019
When you are exposed to clear, Biblical teaching, you are responsible for what you hear. The meek person flexes according to the shaping influence of God's Word.
August 25, 2019
Sometimes a medical condition requires us to make a complete change of our diet, which changes our appetite. Spiritual appetite can be cultivated, too.
August 24, 2019
A newborn cannot return to the womb, and once you are "born again" you cannot return to your old life of sin. What used to be natural for you is no longer possible. 
August 23, 2019
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Set your mind on things above with our Heaven bundle, which includes: a copy of Randy Alcorn’s excellent book: Heaven, a copy of Pastor Colin’s book: Heaven, How I Got Here, and five copies of Pastor Colin’s booklet: How You Can Be Sure about Heaven. Heaven will help you find the strength, courage, and comfort to endure the difficulties of life that confront you today. The short book, Heaven, How I Got Here tells the story of the thief on the cross, and shows what Jesus can do for us. How You Can Be Sure about Heaven, also based on the story of the thief, is perfect as a giveaway to someone who needs clarity on how to get to heaven.

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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