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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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02:11

An Asaph Experience

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

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

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

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

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

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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02:43

Stay the Course

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/09

When I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God.Psalm 73:16-17You see what Asaph is saying: “Here I am struggling with my problems. But my questions and struggles are part of something much bigger.”It’s a great thing to have personal faith, but behind your faith there is the faith. Behind your little struggle to believe, there stands a great company of men and women through the ages who have faced the same questions and the same

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02:59

When You Find It Difficult to Pray

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/08

When I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task.Psalm 73:16Asaph was saying, “When I looked at the problems in my life and at the problems in the world, I kept asking, “Why is this happening?” My mind went around and around, trying to figure it all out, but I couldn’t. It was oppressive to me. I couldn’t stop thinking about it!It is a terrible thing when your mind is confused. The second step in Asaph’s recovery was to straighten out the confused thinking that had reigned in

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03:06

Do It for Them

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/07

I would have betrayed… your children.Psalm 73:15Asaph knew that if he were to give up, he would betray God’s children, and that stopped him in his tracks. Now, there is more to climbing out of a black hole than that, but this is where it begins—with a decision, a commitment: Lord, I will not betray your children.On the night when He was betrayed, John tells us that Jesus prayed. He was about to endure the agony of the cross. But the focus of His prayer was on His disciples and what God would do in

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02:40

The First Step in Turning Your Life Around

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/06

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed… your children.Psalm 73:15You would think that the turning point of his life would begin when he gets some answers. But that’s not Asaph’s story.Asaph wants us to know that the first step to turning our lives around is not finding an answer but making a decision. His mind is driving down this dark road of despair, so he makes a decision. “I am not going any further down this road. I will not go where these despairing thoughts are leading me.”

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02:14

Turning Around Isn’t Easy

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/05

If I had said, ‘I will speak thus,’ I would have betrayed… your children.Psalm 73:15Asaph was saying, “If I had followed where my confused thoughts were taking me, I would have let everybody down. I would have become the Judas of the Old Testament. I would have betrayed your children.” Asaph doesn’t want to go there, and so he takes himself in hand.Imagine spending a few days away, and the place where you are staying is off the main road. So you arrive in the evening, and it is pitch dark. You know

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02:52

Don’t Be Surprised When You Feel Like Giving Up

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/04

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.Psalm 73:13Maybe you have coworkers who have very little integrity, and yet they seem to be thriving. You, on the other hand, have tried to do business in a way that honours the Lord, but instead of thriving, you are facing all kinds of trouble. It leaves you saying, “What’s the point?!?”One of your coworkers, who was fooling around with someone in the office, just got a promotion. But you were faithful to your spouse, and now

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03:05

The Honest Confession of a Godly Man

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2025/06/03

I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Psalm 73:3You can hear Asaph’s distress in his words, “I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” The wicked act as if no one can touch them, and God does nothing about it. But here I am trying to serve the Lord in ministry, and all I see is the agenda of those who hate God and despise His Word moving forward. Why does God allow it? It makes no sense to me.You can understand Asaph’s problem. Can you make sense of the way God rules the

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02:46

When Your Faith Is Hanging by a Thread

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2025/06/02

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.Psalm 73:1This psalm begins with a statement of faith. It was like a creedal statement, the sort of thing you would recite every week at worship. It is rather like us confessing “Jesus is Lord” when we meet for worship. “Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.”Asaph was saying, “This is what I’ve always believed. This is what I built my life on. But I have to tell you, ‘As for me, my feet had almost stumbled’”

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02:31

A Godly Man Who Nearly Fell

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/06/01

As for me, my feet had almost stumbled.Psalm 73:2Psalm 73 is the personal testimony of a man who came through a great crisis in his life. He tells us how he nearly lost his faith, but God helped him, and he found his way through the crisis and into a stronger faith than he had before.If you look at the heading of Psalm 73, you will see that it was written by a man called Asaph. Asaph was one of the men that King David put in charge of music in the house of the Lord (1 Chr. 6:39; see also 6:31). He

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03:17

The Gospel Is More Than Law Keeping

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2025/05/31

"I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you… I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."Ezekiel 36:26-27When you come to faith in Jesus Christ, God puts His Spirit within you. That’s His promise.The first evidence of the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life will be that you have a deep desire to please God and to serve Him by being a channel of His love into the lives of others.This will be the greatest struggle of

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02:55

The Killer Commandment

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2025/05/30

If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more.Philippians 3:4You see what the apostle Paul is saying: “I saw myself as a morally upright person.” But then Paul says, “All that changed,” and he tells us what led him to a complete reevaluation of his position: “If it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin” (Rom. 7:7).This religious man had concluded that he was morally upright. But now he is telling us the commandments showed him that he is a sinner. What

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02:30

(10) Your Struggle with Contentment

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2025/05/29

"You shall not covet."Exodus 20:17Coveting happens in the secret places of your heart. It is known only to you and to God. Your neighbour would know if you stole his car, but he would never know if you coveted his car. Nobody knows the secret desires of your heart. Nobody knows your secret fantasies.The tenth commandment is the key to understanding the other nine. All the other commandments are about specific actions. Murder, adultery, stealing, and perjury are all behaviours that can be seen, but

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02:19

Gossip, Flattery, and Exaggeration

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2025/05/28

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.Ephesians 4:29The essence of lying is saying what will achieve the desired result, irrespective of whether it is the truth.Gossip: This involves passing on news about another person that may or may not be true. Someone has likened gossip to ripping open a feather pillow on a windy day. The feathers fly in the wind, and once they’re out, there is no

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02:24

(9) Your Struggle with Truth

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/05/27

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."Exodus 20:16It’s good to remember that each of the Ten Commandments reflects the character of God. The Bible tells us that God cannot lie (Titus 1:2), and that He always keeps His promises.When we come into a relationship with God, He calls us to reflect His character in the way that we live our lives, and that means we seek to be characterised by truth in everything that we say and do.Now, strictly speaking, the ninth commandment addresses

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02:34

The Great Taker and the Great Giver

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2025/05/26

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy."John 10:10Satan is the great taker of what does not belong to him. He is always trying to get as much as possible, while giving as little as possible. He pays terrible wages—“the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). If you do his work, you will be terribly disappointed when you get your paycheck.But Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Satan is the great taker of what does not belong to him, but Jesus

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02:33

The Holy Spirit Is with You for the Climb

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/05/25

"You shall not steal."Exodus 20:15There’s a story about a thief who was serving time in prison. Stealing had become his lifestyle, and eventually the long arm of the law caught up with him. But while he was in prison, he heard the good news of Jesus Christ and was wonderfully converted.When the day came for his release, he knew he was in for a difficult time. Most of his friends were criminals, and it wouldn’t be easy to break old patterns. So on the first Sunday of his new freedom, he slipped into

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02:47

(8) Your Struggle for Integrity

Open the Bible UK Daily ·

2025/05/24

"You shall not steal."Exodus 20:15Here is a definition of stealing that will get you thinking about the struggle of the eighth commandment: Stealing is trying to get as much as possible, while giving as little as possible.Remember, each of these commands speak not to one sin, but to a whole category of sins. We know this from Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. We also see this in the Old Testament, where the rest of the law is an exposition of the Ten Commandments, showing how they apply to

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