Our Mission: Since Open the Bible was founded in 1999, our mission has been the same-to put the gospel within people’s grasp by delivering impactful Bible teaching through a broad array of modern media. The media will change in years to come, but the focus on the gospel will always remain.
Our History: The ministry grew from a two-year journey of preaching and reading through the Bible, shared by the congregation of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in 2000 and 2001. Colin Smith, Senior Pastor at The Orchard, served as the preaching pastor throughout these two intentional years of reading through Scripture. The journey led to the publication of a series of four books entitled Unlocking the Bible Story, followed by Ten Keys for Unlocking the Bible, Open the Bible in 30 Days, Ten Keys to Unlock the Christian Life, and The Ten Greatest Struggles of Your Life.
Wonderful message which ministered to my spirit. He is my Lord and Savior. Blessed assurance Jesus is mine. Wonderful peace abides within. God Bless you, Brother 😅
Wonderful message which ministered to my spirit. He is my Lord and Savior. Blessed assurance Jesus is mine. Wonderful peace abides within. God Bless you, Brother 😅
I haven’t watched this sermon but I’ve been following your sermons on the Open the Bible app for I think about two years now and all I can say is thank you and your team for providing such a wonderful app. I’ve been over seas for four years now and how I wish I knew about this sooner.
I encourage every believer to go through this entire series of how to prayer. Talk about eye-opening and heart-opening!! These sessions have inspired me to pray without ceasing, what to watch for as the enemy attacks our prayer life, and what specifically to pray for. Excellent teachings, thank you!!
I have just completed all of these sessions, and this one is one of the most powerful and enlightening. It reminds me of where Paul came from and all the Scriptures where he walked through trials, recognized God's forgiveness and deliverance.... THIS teaching is seriously applicable to our personal prayers.
I have been looking for teachings on how to pray more effectively, and this entire series has been a game changer for me. I have taken copious notes and am so appreciative of your direction. Thank you!!
These teachings have helped me tremendously. I have taken detailed notes and examined the way I pray, have asked for forgiveness of sins and redirection of attitudes. The Holy Spirit brought two additional psalms to my mind when praying the Lord's prayer: Psalm 19:14 and 23:2-3. Those can be inserted when we pray the Lord's Prayer, and as I practice this, He will show me others. Great teaching. Thank you!!
So, I understand that when a man lusts after a woman in his heart, he has already committed adultery with her even though he has physically done nothing. So also if I desire to murder someone without actually doing it, I am guilty of murder. So if I desire with all my heart to do all God's commandments and to walk as Jesus walked in perfect obedience to the Father, can it also be said of me that I have already done the act even though I haven't physically kept all His commands? So if I lust after obedience to God and lust to do His will always in my heart, I have already done all that I so desire to do. So take heart, for if the desire is there, the completion of it is there also. ❤❤❤
I do not believe this at all. The desire to serve God with obedience will be fulfilled in actuality by the enabling power and grace of the indwelling Holy Spirit. You can't add to the Word of God what is not stated. Things we truly desire we find a way to obtain them, and our hearts surely can not deceive God but can certainly deceive us as it is desperately wicked above all things. When we truly desire to please God, we will do so
@@sanr6816 well, I truly desire to be perfectly holy and never sin, but 1st John says, if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. If we say that we have not sinned, we make God a liar. So then, will I ever in this life be perfectly holy? Can I live a sinless life in this world? I do believe that God will give us grace to live a holy life according to the new covenant, but then I hear that we will not live perfectly sinless lives. But I do believe scripture is clear in that it says this, "For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have." (2nd Corinthians 8:12). And so, if I am willing to perfectly obey God and do His will but am hindered by the weakness of my flesh, is it not therefore accepted according to my desire? I don't want to go against what is revealed in God's Word!!
@sherry3422 that passage is speaking about giving of resources idk how you apply that to pursuing a holy life because you certainly don't need to be spirit filled to give. God sees how sincere we are in our desires.
Jesus said, " Take my yoke upon you, and LEARN FROM ME " !!! I love how the pastor uses all scriptures and leads them back to our LORD JESUS words ❤. SIN NO MORE is a frame of mind, a desire of the soul to please our SAVIOR . Thanks, brother Smith, for a very inspiring lesson. Jesus is the way always 😊
🙌 Ahmen. This sinner is Grateful and Thankful for the marvelous love of our Triune God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit! So glad to be in the Kingdom of God ... He didn't have to allow it, but He did. Thank you Father God in the Name of Wonderful Jesus ❤🙏✝️
They say everything happens for a reason. When I clicked on youtube, your video came on. This is exactly what I need ! Thankyou so much! I lost my faith in 2009 when I lost my Mom & son on the same day. I was so lost. And then laat year I walked in the front door of a ladies house who was a retired nun & my entired life changed . I cant even describe how I felt because I didnt even know myself. Within a months time, I found 9 feathers throughout the house in random spots that I KNOW werent there prior, . On the floor, sitting on the table, desk, etc. Most were white, some brown.,,I KNOW because I was the only person who was in the house throughout thattime! Not even the lady who owned the home! (The nun). She had a little prayer room that i started going in to every night where I would kneel down & just pray & pray. I know now, without a doubt that God is real! I could go on & on telling things that have happened EVERYDAY to me that were signs from God. Everyday I pick up my tablet, click on youtube and say , "what does the universe have to tell me today". And my hand to god, every single time, its always a "subject" of whats going on within my day. Or something that i NEED TO HEAR, ETC. sometimes its Joel Osteen, joyce Meyers, or , sometimes its a video from Archangel Michael. Who I literally just finished listening too and last words were about getting a bible and start" learning the words.". And I clicked over, and here was your video!
Praise God in 2024. I'm watching the Almighty tear down that wicked detestible union between the evangelical false prophets at the same time He is exposing the hidden agenda of that racist republican party. Ride on King Jesus.
Attending a Church of Wales church, as a child, as it was the only local church that spoke English, I totally understand why Pecker didn't understand prayer. The Anglican "Church" is in name only!
Greetings from Scotland, thank you for explaining this portion of scripture so well, I listened to it twice. May the Lord bless you. I hope to follow more of your ministry as I used to do. Regards Ken
