Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

God Does Not Have Amnesia

January 17, 2017
God knows all of your past sins, but He has chosen not to remember them. Do you rest in that truth?

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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.

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Folks who are aware of what they have find it difficult to ask. But the person who is poor in spirit is always ready to ask of God.
January 16, 2017
When you know you have nothing to offer God, you're in a position to receive everything He offers.
January 15, 2017
The world tells you, "Believe in yourself." But Jesus says, "Believe in God, believe also in me."
January 14, 2017
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.
January 13, 2017
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.
January 12, 2017
A hard heart always makes a big deal of another person's failure, but a tender and merciful heart often uses one blind eye and one deaf ear.
January 11, 2017
Pride will pour cold water on the flames of love in your marriage. But humility will fan the embers of love into a flame.
January 10, 2017
Do you have genuine faith, or merely belief in certain truths? The key is in bowing to Christ's lordship in your life.
January 9, 2017
Needing the approval of others can keep you from following Christ. Ask Him to free you from the fear of what others think.
January 8, 2017
Finding peace for a guilty conscience is impossible on our own, but God offers a solution.
January 7, 2017
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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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