Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

Where Change Begins

October 8, 2019

If you can trust God to make you completely like Christ on the last day, why should you not trust Him to make you more like Christ on earth?

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What Jesus Says to Skeptics by Colin Smith – 2 copies
You wouldn’t say that you have faith in Jesus, but you wouldn’t say that you have rejected Him either. You’re somewhere in between. If this describes you, or someone you know, you might be surprised by what you find in the new booklet from Pastor Colin called What Jesus Says to Skeptics.

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Find someone who can speak into your life and listen to what they have to say. Ask, "What's one sin I should be fighting against more strongly?"
October 7, 2019
You may be incredibly talented or successful and yet still be poor in spirit. If you have truly met with God, you know that before Him, you have nothing to offer.
October 6, 2019
The blessed ones are not those who think they have righteousness, but those who feel they have not arrived and long to be more like Christ.
October 5, 2019
Leave your Bible closed and your eyes will remain closed to the sins lurking in your life. Open your Bible and God will open your eyes.
October 4, 2019
What appetites are shaping your life, and what is the diet that shaped them? Is your appetite for God being diminished by your hunger and thirst for other things?
October 3, 2019
Do you tend to be hard and demanding with Christians who struggle in their faith? God calls us to be tender toward others and sensitive to the loads they bear, helping out whenever we can.
October 2, 2019
One person with a tender heart who cares and acts for the good of others can make all the difference. Is that you?
October 1, 2019
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.
September 30, 2019
Pride will pour cold water on the flames of love in your marriage. But humility will fan the embers of love into a flame.
September 29, 2019
Your character will be revealed when you must choose how to treat someone who has wronged you. Will you show mercy and forgive?
September 28, 2019
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Featured Offer

What Jesus Says to Skeptics by Colin Smith – 2 copies
You wouldn’t say that you have faith in Jesus, but you wouldn’t say that you have rejected Him either. You’re somewhere in between. If this describes you, or someone you know, you might be surprised by what you find in the new booklet from Pastor Colin called What Jesus Says to Skeptics.

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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