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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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02:24

How to Cultivate a Life that Is More Responsive to...

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2026/02/03

*Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.*Jonah 1:3Jonah avoided a God-centred life. He had planned where he wanted to live and what he wanted to do, and when God disrupted his plan, he quit.If your plan becomes more important than God’s plan, you cannot live a God-centred life. What if God calls you to a different life for the sake of people who need to hear the Gospel? Here is how you can live a God-centred life:1

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02:28

#1: Resist God’s Call to Something New

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2026/02/02

The word of the LORD came to Jonah... “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”Jonah 1:1, 2Jonah was already running from God at the beginning of his story, but even after God used him to evangelise an entire city he was still out of sorts with God.The book of Jonah was likely written later in Jonah’s life as he looked back on his ministry. He tells us, “God used me remarkably, but I spent much of my life avoiding the God I was

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02:58

How to Avoid a God-Centred Life

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2026/02/01

Salvation belongs to the LORD!Jonah 2:9Today’s title might seem a little strange: How to Avoid a God-Centred Life, but that’s what Jonah was doing for a huge part of his life! This month we’re going to look at eight different ways Jonah tried to avoid a God-centred life, so we can avoid making the same mistakes he did.The book of Jonah tells a simple story: God called Jonah to go and preach in a pagan city, but he got on a ship and went the opposite direction. When Jonah was thrown overboard, God

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03:07

God Is Able to Present You to Himself

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2026/01/31

Now to him who is able to... present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy...Jude 24Try to imagine what this will be like.First, you will be presented before God’s glorious presence… blameless. The word translated “blameless” is the same word that was used to describe a sacrificial animal in the Old Testament that was acceptable to God. It had to be blameless, without defect or fault.Can you imagine yourself faultless? Every one of the effects of sin will be healed. Now you

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02:49

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Are...

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2026/01/30

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling...Jude 24God is able to give you victory over the power of temptation. Do you believe this?No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. (1 Cor. 10:13)What temptation do you think Jesus is not able to deliver you from? This really goes to the heart of whether we

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02:42

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Have...

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2026/01/29

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling…Jude 24This doesn’t mean that when you become a Christian you will never fail. We all fail in many ways. But God is able to keep you from falling.When Jesus was going to the cross, He said to Peter, “Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail” (Luke 22:31-32). Peter did fail. He denied the Lord three times. He called down curses upon himself. But the prayers of Jesus were

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03:10

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (by Saving You)

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2026/01/28

To the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.Jude 25Jude says that there is only one God, and this God is the Saviour God. Now if God is the Saviour, what does this saving look like? There are three dimensions.1. God is our Saviour from sin’s penaltyWhen you came to faith in Jesus, God forgave your sins. He freed you from guilt, condemnation, and hell: “There is therefore now no condemnation for

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02:14

Workout #7: Rest in God’s Triumph

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2026/01/27

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling…Jude 24Jude has been telling us that we need to watch ourselves, because we live this Christian life in the body, but we are also to find our rest in God.Verses 24 and 25 are all about God. That’s significant because the first six workouts have been all about you: “But you, beloved, [build] yourselves up in your most holy faith” (Jude 20).Notice where the responsibility lies: Who is to do this? You are. Who is to pray in the Holy Spirit? You are. Who

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03:12

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

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2026/01/26

Let a person examine himself.1 Corinthians 11:28Make it your regular practice to give your soul a thorough examination to see if there is anything displeasing to God hidden inside you. There are several ways of doing this. As you read the Bible, note anything that displeases God and ask yourself, “Do I see any evidence of this in me?”Don’t ask vague questions like “Are there any sins in my soul?” Go hunting for specifics. Here is a checklist of some sins that could easily infect you: taking God’s

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02:39

Workout #6: Watch Yourself

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2026/01/25

To others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.Jude 23When you reach out to others in ministry, you need to be very careful that you do not end up falling into sin yourself. Jude uses the word “fear.” You need to have a healthy fear lest you fall into the same sins as somebody else you are reaching out to.The Bible speaks of two kinds of fear. There is an unhealthy kind of fear. You should not be afraid of your enemies or of danger or of those who kill the body, but

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02:37

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

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2026/01/24

Save others by snatching them out of the fire…Jude 23Those who can see that they’ve been burned know what the fire can do, and they reach out to others in the flames. That takes courage. You can’t do ministry without being burned. There is no pain-free ministry.There is an old story about an African village. One night there was a fire in a wooden building, and the whole family who was sleeping there died, except for a tiny baby boy. As the fire flared up, a stranger rushed in and carried the child

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02:50

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Own...

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2026/01/23

Save others by snatching them out of the fire.Jude 23If you’re going to be useful in ministry, you need to have a proper understanding of yourself and what God has done for you. Sin has damaged us all, but the Bible makes it clear that sin has done deeper damage to you and to me than staining our lives. It’s changed our nature. Like wood that’s been in a fire, sin burns. It consumes.The Bible makes it clear that we’re sinners because we sin. It also teaches that we sin because we’re sinners. Behind

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02:38

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to...

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2026/01/22

Have mercy on those who doubt.Jude 22“Those who doubt” would include those whose faith has been undermined and those whose faith has not yet been fully formed. There are many people like this today.How are we to minister to folks who are confused about their faith? Jude says, “Do this with great compassion.” There’s a big difference between the child who struggles to do what’s right and the child who refuses to do what’s right. And there’s a big difference between the person who struggles to believe

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02:56

Workout #5: Reach Out to Others

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2026/01/21

Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire.Jude 22–23If you want to live a healthy Christian life, you need to learn to wait. The obvious question is, What does God want us to do while we are waiting?The answer is that we are to give ourselves to ministry. God calls us to ministry. There are people in need all around us. So, from now until the day when Jesus comes or calls for us, we are to give ourselves to the work of ministry.Jesus said, “My food is to do the

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02:33

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

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2026/01/20

Wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ...Jude 21The people who bring menus to your table at a restaurant are called waiters or waitresses. They have no other agenda but to wait on you. They take your order, bring your food, and then make sure everything is all right.Some people think God exists to wait on us, but the Bible tells us that our calling is to wait on Him. The purpose of our lives is to make ourselves wholly available to Jesus Christ, the guest of honour, who has come into this

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02:53

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

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2026/01/19

[Wait] for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.Jude 21When Jude talks about waiting, the obvious question is, Don’t we already have God’s mercy? Yes. Don’t we already have Jesus Christ? Yes. Don’t we already have eternal life? Yes!If we’ve already received these things, why does Jude tell us to wait? This is teaching us something important: All that you can experience in the Christian life is only a taste of what Christ has in store for you.The Holy Spirit is a deposit,

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02:54

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

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2026/01/18

[Wait] for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.Jude 21Patience is what you need when things have not worked out as you hoped. Somewhere deep within every heart there is a dream of life as we want it to be. That dream is placed in your heart by God. The word “wait” reminds us that the dream will never be fulfilled in this life.Our first parents were driven out of the garden of Eden. Paradise was lost, and the dream can no longer be fulfilled here because this world is under

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02:37

Workout #4: Learn to Wait

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2026/01/17

Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.Jude 21Once you see how important the theme of waiting is in the Bible, you’ll have new motivation to exercise this neglected area of the Christian life. Here are five passages on waiting:Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him. (Ps. 37:7)I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. (Ps. 130:5-6)They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength. (Is. 40:31)You

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02:22

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

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2026/01/16

God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.Romans 5:5In one of the books by American author, Garrison Keillor, about Lake Wobegon, he describes a rather awkward teenager growing up in a small town. The lad gives a speech at his high school graduation, and afterwards somebody comes up to him and says, “Nice speech!” But he can’t receive a compliment.“Oh no,” he says, “I was just rambling. I didn’t know what I was talking about. I was just glad when it was all over.” He

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02:22

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

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2026/01/15

The Son of God… loved me and gave himself for me.Galatians 2:20Some time ago, a pastor from England went to India to deliver a series of evangelistic messages. When he arrived, there were posters hanging all over town advertising the evening meetings at which he would be speaking.The posters were supposed to read: “The visiting pastor from England will bring the evening messages.” But instead, there was a typo, and the posters actually said: “The visiting pastor from England will bring the evening

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