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Open the Bible UK Daily

3 minute daily Bible reflections from Open the Bible UK, authored by Colin Smith, read by Sue McLeish.

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02:19

Tell Your Story of God’s Grace

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/29

I [will] tell of all your works.Psalm 73:28This shows how far Asaph has come. In verse 15, the best thing Asaph could do for God’s people was to keep his thoughts to himself: “If I had said, ‘I will speak thus,’ I would have betrayed… your children.”Now he has something to say, a story of God’s grace to share that will bring strength to other believers. Every Christian has a story of God’s grace. Your story is still being written. Every time you go through an Asaph experience another chapter is

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02:37

Write Out Your Story

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/28

I [will] tell of all your works.Psalm 73:28If you have been wounded by a version of Christianity that makes the gospel seem like an endless list of demands and expectations, you need to take in the grace of God from Psalm 73.Asaph wrote out his story under the direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit and it has been preserved for our encouragement in the Scriptures. God has given us this psalm because Asaph is not the only one on this journey. When you go through an Asaph experience you may find it

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03:14

Salvation Belongs to the Lord

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2025/06/27

Behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.Psalm 73:27-28Psalm 73 ends with Asaph making a clear commitment to live near to the Lord, and to tell his story of what God has done.Some folks think Christianity is about commitment. If you’re disciplined about your commitment, then you’re the real deal. Their focus is entirely on personal

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02:58

What Is the Driving Ambition of Your Life?

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2025/06/26

There is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.Psalm 73:25Asaph is not saying that there are no other legitimate desires on earth. He is simply saying that, besides the Lord Himself, all other desires are secondary.This is the same thing the apostle Paul said: “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (Phil. 3:8). Knowing Jesus is what really matters to Paul. This is the driving ambition of his life. He did not say, “I want to be a great

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02:20

Don't Miss the Point

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2025/06/25

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.Psalm 73:25Imagine Tom and Mary, a young couple engaged and about to be married. The wedding is just five days away, and Tom takes Mary out for a candlelight dinner. “Five days to go,” Tom says, “I can hardly wait for Saturday to come.” Mary smiles as she looks into his eyes across the candles, “Tell me why you’re so excited about Saturday.”Now, all Tom has to say is, “Because on Saturday, I get to marry you!” But

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02:58

Heaven Is God-Centered

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2025/06/24

Whom have I in heaven but you?Psalm 73:25The first thing you need to know about heaven is that it is God-centred. When the Apostle John was given a vision of heaven, he saw that the Lamb of God (Jesus Christ) was at the centre (Rev. 5:6; 7:17). God wants you to know that He is the centre of all things in heaven, and that is why a person who lives wisely will make Him the centre of all things on earth.Who do you have in heaven? Some have a grandmother and a grandfather in heaven, whom they were very

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02:31

The Joyful Freedom of Confident Faith in God

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2025/06/23

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Psalm 73:21-26Notice how Asaph moves from the misery of

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02:38

Our Biggest Problem

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2025/06/22

When I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task.Psalm 73:16In the first half of Psalm 73 (verses 1-14), Asaph was completely absorbed with himself. “Why are things going wrong in my life? Why is God blessing other people more than me? What’s the point in pursuing a godly life?”Asaph was convinced that his problem was with God. He thought his biggest problem was the unhappiness he was experiencing. But when he came into the presence of God, Asaph saw that the real problem was

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02:53

What True Confession Does

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2025/06/21

Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.Psalm 73:23What would you expect the outcome of Asaph’s confession to be? “My spirit was bitter, my heart ruled my head, and I was acting on impulse… Therefore, I am a total failure”? Or “Therefore, God has no place for me”?No! Look at the outcome of Asaph’s confession: “Nevertheless, I am continually with you” (73:23). True confession never leads to despair. It always opens the door of hope.My soul was bitter, my heart ruled my head,

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02:16

If God Gives You an Awareness of Your Own Sin

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2025/06/20

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:21-22“My soul was bitter. My heart ruled my head. I was acting on impulse.” This is a serious confession of sin.Asaph’s confession goes beyond anything that he said or did. It uncovers the hidden movements of his heart.There really is an appropriate sense of shame here. “My spirit was bitter. I let my heart rule my head. And You saw the chaos that followed. I was acting on

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02:38

Acting on Impulse

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2025/06/19

I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:22The point about the beast is that animals act on impulse.One of the great gifts God has given to men and women is the gift of reason, logic, reflection, and analysis. This gift was not given to the animals. Animals act on impulse.Asaph says, “That’s what I was doing! When my heart was grieved, I was being pushed around by the impulses of bitterness, unbelief, and despair. No wonder my feet almost slipped!”We are living in a culture where people love the idea

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02:33

When the Heart Rules the Head

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2025/06/18

I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:22“Ignorant” is a word that describes the mind, so Asaph was saying, “When my heart was grieved, everything I knew and believed about God seemed to fly out of the window.” In other words, Asaph was talking to his friends in gloomy terms, as if there was no God, no help, no hope, and no future. He was senseless and ignorant. His heart ruled his head.Maybe you have seen the film Home Alone. It’s the story of a young boy who is

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02:31

What to Do When You Have a Bitter Spirit

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2025/06/17

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart…Psalm 73:21These verses open up what was going on in Asaph’s heart before he came to the sanctuary. These things were hidden from Asaph himself. He didn’t understand what was going on. But when God met with him, the light went on. He saw clearly and so he was able to make this confession.There are particular sins to which you may be especially prone when you are grieved, upset, or disappointed. When things don’t go your way, the sins of Asaph

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02:11

This Is Disappearing from Christian Worship

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2025/06/16

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant.Psalm 73:21-22Confession has always had a central place in Christian worship. Catholics confessed their sins to a priest. Protestants confessed their sinfulness to God. But it seems that confessing our sins is disappearing from worship altogether.We celebrate God, and we celebrate ourselves, but if we do not confess our sins, we will not change. A Christianity that neglects confession of sin is not New Testament

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02:51

How We Are To Confess Our Sins

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2025/06/15

I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:22This is a godly man’s confession of sin, and confession is a normal part of a healthy Christian life. The Apostle John says: “If we confess our sins, he [God] is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).If you cannot see anything in your life that you might appropriately confess as sin to God, then you are deceived: “If we say we have not sinned, we make him [God] a liar, and

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02:23

Prayer Flows Out Where Truth Flows In

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2025/06/14

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:21-22This is Asaph confessing his sins to God. He is admitting to things that are wrong in his life. As soon as Asaph gets his thinking straight, he begins to pray.Prayer flows out where truth flows in. We hear the truth every Sunday as we listen to the Word of God preached, and we read the truth every time we open the Bible. One way to measure your grasp of the truth is to

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02:40

Stop. Think. Confess.

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2025/06/13

I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Psalm 73:22Asaph’s story tells us how God brought this man through a crisis of faith by taking him through a number of turns.The first thing Asaph discovered was that he needed to STOP. “If I had gone where my thoughts were leading me at that time, I would have let everybody down” (see Psa. 73:15). He made a decision to stop. He refused to follow where his discouraged mind was leading him. The first step to turning your life around is not

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02:11

An Asaph Experience

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2025/06/12

My feet had almost stumbled.Psalm 73:2Asaph was a godly man. He was a spiritual leader. This is the kind of man we would all look up to with great respect.Asaph didn’t just read the Scriptures, he was chosen to write some of the Scriptures under the direct inspiration of the Spirit of God. Perhaps there is not a deeper experience of the Spirit than that. This was a man who walked with God.But in Psalm 73, Asaph tells us that there was a time in his life when he almost lost it: “I looked at what was

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02:10

The Beggar’s Dream

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2025/06/11

Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.Psalm 73:20Asaph uses a second picture here, waking up from a dream, to show us what he discovered in the sanctuary about the ultimate outcome of the wicked.Imagine a beggar who has a dream. And in his dream, he wins fifty million pounds in the lottery! He dreams about the home he will buy and the car he will drive. He dreams about the motorboats and motorcycles he will have in his expansive garage. In his

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02:52

Walking on Ice

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2025/06/10

Surely you set them in slippery places.Psalm 73:18When Asaph came to worship, he remembered God’s truth, and he met with God’s people. That was where God straightened out this man’s thinking. Remember, Asaph’s problem began when he wondered why the wicked prosper (73:3).So how did God straighten out Asaph’s thinking? He reminded Asaph of the ultimate outcome of the wicked. Here Asaph uses the picture of walking on ice to describe their end: “Surely you set them in slippery places” (73:18).How has

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