100:00:00,520 –> 00:00:07,000Biblical faith is utterly God centered.200:00:08,040 –> 00:00:13,160By the way that is good news, faith is not about your capacity to believe.300:00:14,360 –> 00:00:19,240If faith was about your ability to trust then frankly some of us would have a great advantage400:00:19,240 –> 00:00:27,559over others. So thank God, that faith, Christian faith is not about your ability to trust it is500:00:27,559 –> 00:00:32,439about the trustworthiness of God and that’s the same for all of us.600:00:32,439 –> 00:00:37,480Welcome to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I am David Pick. Glad you could be with us.700:00:37,480 –> 00:00:42,439And Colin today we will have an encouraging message as we continue the story of Asaph800:00:42,439 –> 00:00:48,279from Psalm 73. He was discouraged but God turned him around. And we are looking at the900:00:48,279 –> 00:00:54,200first three points of a five-point turn really, aren’t we? Asaph had to stop, he had to think1000:00:54,200 –> 00:00:56,040and he had to confess.1100:00:56,119 –> 00:01:00,520And today were moving onto the fourth part that he had to believe and this is a huge1200:01:00,520 –> 00:01:04,680turning point for Asaph. And it’s going to be a huge turning point for a discouraged1300:01:04,680 –> 00:01:11,080person who’s listening today. Asaph had become absorbed with himself, all of his own1400:01:11,080 –> 00:01:18,279thoughts, all of his own frustration, a bit of self-pity put in there as well and as God1500:01:18,279 –> 00:01:24,459begins to deal with him in a very deep way, his eyes get taken off himself and he begins1600:01:24,459 –> 00:01:30,540to get his eyes onto God and he sees something in God that he did not see before and suddenly1700:01:30,540 –> 00:01:35,900there’s some light that begins to dawn for him and he moves from the place of feeling1800:01:35,900 –> 00:01:40,639there’s no point going on, to feeling yeah I have to go on, because I’m walking with1900:01:40,639 –> 00:01:46,099God and God is walking with me. This is a story of tremendous encouragement and I hope2000:01:46,099 –> 00:01:51,559that it will be a real blessing and a lift to a person who’s been really down on themselves,2100:01:51,559 –> 00:01:56,980really frustrated and today’s going to be the point where you move to the place of believing2200:01:56,980 –> 00:01:59,839and find the help and the light that comes from God.2300:01:59,839 –> 00:02:05,519so I hope you’ll join us today if you can in Psalm 73 at verse 23 as we begin the message2400:02:05,519 –> 00:02:07,059Believe! Here’s Colin.2500:02:07,059 –> 00:02:12,800We continue to follow this marvellous story of Asaph, who tells us about how God brought2600:02:12,800 –> 00:02:21,179him through a great crisis in his life. Now remember that Asaph was a mature believer2700:02:21,179 –> 00:02:26,820but he’s telling us in this psalm about a time when his feet had almost slipped. That’s2800:02:26,820 –> 00:02:37,440verse 2 -‘I almost lost it’, he says, -‘I almost gave up.’ and we’ve seen that even2900:02:37,440 –> 00:02:42,919the strongest Christian can come to an experience like this. There was a time in Asaph’s journey3000:02:42,919 –> 00:02:48,160as a believer when he could make no sense of what God was doing in the world. Couldn’t3100:02:48,160 –> 00:02:53,399really understand what God was doing in his own life and could no longer really see the3200:02:53,399 –> 00:03:00,119point of pursuing a godly life. And the good news of this psalm, because all of us may3300:03:00,119 –> 00:03:05,860come to such times in our lives, is that God can bring you through an Asaph experience3400:03:05,860 –> 00:03:12,399and Psalm 73 tells us how that happened. God brought this man we’ve been seeing through3500:03:12,660 –> 00:03:19,279a five point turn, and we’re discovering that Asaph’s five point turn is really a pattern3600:03:19,279 –> 00:03:24,360of what needs to happen when we feel that our feet are also slipping, and we are in3700:03:24,360 –> 00:03:31,279danger of leaving God’s path for our lives. And just to review where we’ve come very quickly,3800:03:31,279 –> 00:03:36,679we saw that the first part of that five point turn was that Asaph had to stop. If you’re3900:03:36,679 –> 00:03:42,119going to turn around, the first thing that you have to do is to stop, you have to stop4000:03:42,160 –> 00:03:48,199moving in the wrong direction. This happened for Asaph when he made a decision of loyalty4100:03:48,199 –> 00:03:54,119to God and loyalty to his people, remember, the first step in turning your life around4200:03:54,119 –> 00:03:59,679is not to get an answer to all your questions, it is to make a decision of loyalty to God4300:03:59,679 –> 00:04:05,559and to his people. Then we saw that Asaph had to think. He went into the sanctuary,4400:04:05,559 –> 00:04:10,419he remembered God’s truth, he met with God’s people, he considered the ultimate outcome4500:04:10,899 –> 00:04:16,540of life, and that’s when the light went on for this man and God straightened out his4600:04:16,540 –> 00:04:22,160thinking as he came into the presence of God in worship. One of the wonderful blessings4700:04:22,160 –> 00:04:28,140of coming together in worship is that God ministers to us in this way, in his presence.4800:04:28,140 –> 00:04:34,160And as we seek his face, he straightens out our thinking around his truth. Then we saw4900:04:34,160 –> 00:04:39,179that in the light of that thirdly, Asaph had to confess. There are some sins we saw to5000:04:39,260 –> 00:04:45,220which you and I are especially prone when our hearts are grieved and Asaph confesses5100:04:45,220 –> 00:04:52,220these. I was bitter, he says, I let my heart rule my head. I acted on impulse. I was like5200:04:52,920 –> 00:04:58,179a brute beast before you, the beasts always acting on impulse.5300:04:58,179 –> 00:05:05,179Now, today, we’re coming to the third dimension of Asaph’s turnaround, and I want us, as we5400:05:06,179 –> 00:05:13,179come to it, to notice the progression that there is through this five-point turn.5500:05:14,399 –> 00:05:21,399Last week we noticed how the discovery of truth leads to prayer. We saw that prayer5600:05:22,260 –> 00:05:28,119flows out where truth flows in, that the pattern was very simply that God straightened out5700:05:28,119 –> 00:05:32,380this man’s thinking when he came to worship, and the result of the encounter with truth5800:05:33,179 –> 00:05:37,779is that he begins to pray. Prayer flows out where truth flows in.5900:05:37,779 –> 00:05:44,779Now, what flows out where prayer flows in? What comes of prayer? And the answer is faith.6000:05:45,839 –> 00:05:50,700Faith flows out where prayer flows in, you see. There’s a progression here, truth bringing6100:05:50,700 –> 00:05:57,339him to prayer, prayer building his faith, and there is a logical progression there,6200:05:57,339 –> 00:06:03,899his faith is simply truth embraced and applied to life. It’s not just truth heard, it’s6300:06:03,899 –> 00:06:08,320truth embraced and applied to life. So this man hears and rediscovers the truth6400:06:08,320 –> 00:06:17,720of God, he embraces it and applies it in prayer, and the result is that his faith grows, a6500:06:18,440 –> 00:06:27,640mind opened, a soul cleansed and a faith restored.6600:06:27,640 –> 00:06:30,940Now that’s really where we’re headed today in these next verses, because we’re going6700:06:30,940 –> 00:06:36,119to see how Asaph’s faith was restored, and so our one simple word today of course is6800:06:36,119 –> 00:06:41,640the word, believe. Now let’s begin with the big picture. Before6900:06:41,700 –> 00:06:48,519we get to Asaph’s affirmation of faith, I want you to notice the radical shift that7000:06:48,519 –> 00:06:51,220is taking place in these verses.7100:06:51,220 –> 00:06:57,239See, the first 14 verses of the psalm, the whole of the first half, Asaph has been completely7200:06:57,239 –> 00:07:02,519and utterly absorbed with himself. What’s it been about? Why are things going wrong7300:07:02,519 –> 00:07:08,320in my life? Why can’t I make any sense of what God is doing in the world? Why is God7400:07:08,480 –> 00:07:13,239blessing other people more than me? What is the point in me pursuing a godly life? When7500:07:13,239 –> 00:07:20,239I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me. Now see, Asaph has been absorbed with7600:07:20,920 –> 00:07:27,299himself and it’s only really when he comes into the presence of God that he understands7700:07:27,299 –> 00:07:31,799the problem. See throughout the first half of the psalm, he’s been quite convinced7800:07:32,279 –> 00:07:38,299that the problem is with God and he’s been quite convinced that the difficulties that7900:07:38,299 –> 00:07:45,299he is facing are the root of all his unhappiness, but when he comes into the presence of God,8000:07:46,160 –> 00:07:50,779God turns on the light and then Asaph sees that the real problem that he’s struggling8100:07:50,779 –> 00:07:57,779with is himself. My heart was grieved, my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant,8200:07:58,779 –> 00:08:05,779I was a brute beast before you. After all this time he’s saying, when I was going round8300:08:06,679 –> 00:08:11,440and round and round trying to make sense of all of this, wrestling with these great questions8400:08:11,440 –> 00:08:16,579of God and about life and about everything that’s happening, I discovered after all8500:08:16,579 –> 00:08:22,940of this, when I came into the presence of God, that the real problem is actually myself.8600:08:23,059 –> 00:08:27,179And you know that’s his discovery, that’s his confession.8700:08:27,179 –> 00:08:34,179Let me quote here from Doctor Mark Lloyd-Jones, who is writing on this is I found so insightful,8800:08:34,520 –> 00:08:46,520he says, self is our most constant enemy. It is the most prolific cause of all our unhappiness.8900:08:47,219 –> 00:08:54,219It’s true, self is our most constant enemy, it is the most prolific cause of all our unhappiness.9000:08:59,080 –> 00:09:06,080What’s the biggest cause of your unhappiness? Yourself.9100:09:07,280 –> 00:09:12,780What’s the biggest cause of my unhappiness? Myself.9200:09:13,640 –> 00:09:20,200Lloyd-Jones continues, as a result of the Fall of Adam, we are self-centered.9300:09:20,200 –> 00:09:26,340We are sensitive about ourselves. We are always selfish, always detecting ourselves.9400:09:26,340 –> 00:09:31,460Always ready to imagine offences, always ready to say we’ve been wronged and9500:09:31,460 –> 00:09:35,400dealt with unfairly. He said I am speaking from experience,9600:09:35,400 –> 00:09:42,380may God have mercy on us on us. It’s the truth about us all. You recognise that?9700:09:42,960 –> 00:09:53,659Now if self is the problem, what is the deliverance? The answer is God is the9800:09:53,659 –> 00:10:01,659deliverance. If self is the problem, God is the deliverance. Now let me just read9900:10:01,659 –> 00:10:05,460these verses with some emphasis and I think you’ll see how Asaph moves from10000:10:05,460 –> 00:10:10,960the misery of preoccupation with himself to the joyful freedom of confident faith10100:10:11,000 –> 00:10:16,039in God. Look at these verses with me just for a moment, beginning with Verse 22.10200:10:16,039 –> 00:10:23,200I was senseless, I was ignorant, I was a brute beast before you. Yet I’m always10300:10:23,200 –> 00:10:30,460with you. You hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel. Afterward10400:10:30,460 –> 00:10:35,580you take me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I10500:10:35,580 –> 00:10:40,619desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the10600:10:40,619 –> 00:10:44,320strength of my heart and my portion forever. Now do you see the movement? It’s10700:10:44,320 –> 00:10:52,340very marked. Asaph discovered the glorious freedom of a God-centered life,10800:10:52,340 –> 00:11:00,780the deliverance from preoccupation with self. And that’s what faith is about10900:11:00,780 –> 00:11:08,059because biblical faith is utterly God-centered. By the way that is good11000:11:08,059 –> 00:11:15,859news. Faith is not about your capacity to believe. If faith was about your ability11100:11:15,859 –> 00:11:21,000to trust, then frankly some of us would have a great advantage over others. Some11200:11:21,000 –> 00:11:25,260of us find it very easy to trust. Some of us find it very difficult to trust and11300:11:25,260 –> 00:11:29,659frankly your ability to trust has a great deal to do with your past11400:11:29,799 –> 00:11:33,479experiences of whether trust has been honoured or whether your trust has been11500:11:33,479 –> 00:11:38,619let down. If faith is about your ability to trust then some of us will find it11600:11:38,619 –> 00:11:42,200easy because of our background, some of us frankly will find it hard or almost11700:11:42,200 –> 00:11:47,919impossible. Thank God that faith, Christian faith, is not about your11800:11:47,919 –> 00:11:53,179ability to trust. It is about the trustworthiness of God and that’s the11900:11:53,940 –> 00:12:00,140And the whole point of a God-centered faith is that I am12000:12:00,140 –> 00:12:08,320liberated for myself and my hurts and my wounds and I am centered in him, who is12100:12:08,320 –> 00:12:14,919all together trustworthy. Now this is the great movement that takes place for12200:12:14,919 –> 00:12:22,359Asaph. There is a God in heaven and he can be trusted. Your faith will grow as12300:12:22,500 –> 00:12:28,700you get your eyes off yourself and fixed on to him.12400:12:29,700 –> 00:12:33,239You’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called12500:12:33,340 –> 00:12:39,080Believe, part of our series I Almost Gave up, based on the story of ASAPH as we12600:12:39,080 –> 00:12:44,320find it in Psalm 73 and if you ever miss one of our messages you can always catch12700:12:44,400 –> 00:12:50,900up or go back and listen again online at our website openthebible.org.uk or as a12800:12:50,900 –> 00:12:54,880podcast you can find them on all the main podcast sites. Search for Open the12900:12:54,880 –> 00:13:00,140Bible UK or follow the link from our website. Open the Bible is supported13000:13:00,140 –> 00:13:04,299entirely by our listeners and that’s something we’re very grateful for. If13100:13:04,299 –> 00:13:08,359you’re thinking of beginning to do that yourself perhaps you’d like to hear from13200:13:08,359 –> 00:13:12,380Pastor Colin later on in the program about the special offer we have for you13300:13:12,380 –> 00:13:16,400this month. Back to the message now here’s Colin.13400:13:16,619 –> 00:13:22,159This is then the fourth dimension of the Five-Point Turn. We’ve expressed it in13500:13:22,159 –> 00:13:29,700this one word, to believe. To come to a God-centered faith, and really what we13600:13:29,700 –> 00:13:34,159have in these verses before us is one of the finest expressions of faith that you13700:13:34,159 –> 00:13:41,119will find anywhere that you will ever hear. Let’s look at it in three ways as13800:13:41,200 –> 00:13:50,479we focus in on verses 25 and 26. First is this, he affirms a faith in God who is in13900:13:50,479 –> 00:14:05,640heaven. God in heaven for you. Whom have I in heaven but you. Verse 25. Now the14000:14:05,640 –> 00:14:09,280first thing that you need to know about heaven of course is that heaven is14100:14:09,280 –> 00:14:16,799utterly God-centered when John saw his vision of heaven that’s recorded in the14200:14:16,799 –> 00:14:21,119book of Revelation you remember that he saw he states it twice in chapter 5 and14300:14:21,119 –> 00:14:30,280in chapter 7 that the Lamb of God, that Jesus Christ was at the center. If there14400:14:30,280 –> 00:14:36,780is just one thing that you need to grasp about heaven it is that Jesus Christ is14500:14:37,059 –> 00:14:42,140at the center of everything there14600:14:43,599 –> 00:14:50,140God wants you to know that he is at the center of all things in heaven so that14700:14:50,140 –> 00:14:58,659knowing that you will know how to live your life wisely on earth. Now of course14800:14:58,659 –> 00:15:05,099there are other people in heaven besides Jesus so let’s take a moment to think14900:15:05,219 –> 00:15:16,880about Asaph question together. Whom have I in heaven but you. Who do you15000:15:16,880 –> 00:15:25,200have in heaven? Let me tell you who I have in heaven I have a grandmother and15100:15:25,200 –> 00:15:32,640a grandfather in heaven to whom I was very very close very very close indeed.15200:15:32,840 –> 00:15:38,539I look forward to seeing them again. I have another grandmother I have another15300:15:38,539 –> 00:15:41,739grandfather in heaven who I only ever met once in my life.15400:15:41,739 –> 00:15:48,140I look forward to getting to know them in heaven.15500:15:48,159 –> 00:15:55,719I have a pastor who shaped my life in a formative way through his personal care15600:15:55,719 –> 00:16:01,979and through his ministry when I was a teenager. He’s in heaven I have15700:16:02,039 –> 00:16:09,080thought many many many times how much I would love to share my life with him now15800:16:09,080 –> 00:16:15,500but he died twenty years ago just in his early fifties.15900:16:15,500 –> 00:16:22,599Now some of you have a husband or a wife in heaven, some of you have a child in16000:16:22,599 –> 00:16:27,099heaven. Sometimes you think about seeing them16100:16:27,340 –> 00:16:35,479and you wonder what it will be like. There are people in heaven and one of16200:16:35,479 –> 00:16:43,440our great joys when we arrive there will be that reuniting with them.16300:16:43,440 –> 00:16:52,119Wonderful thing. Then there are pleasures in heaven. Psalm 16, At your right hand there16400:16:52,140 –> 00:16:58,580are pleasures for ever more. The psalmist says, we’re not told very much about these pleasures.16500:16:58,580 –> 00:17:02,520They’re largely hidden from us but we’re certainly told very clearly that they’re there.16600:17:02,520 –> 00:17:09,119Paul says that the human mind can’t conceive what god has prepared for those who love him.16700:17:09,119 –> 00:17:12,819We wouldn’t be able to imagine it frankly even if God told us.16800:17:12,819 –> 00:17:19,780And there are possessions in heaven. Certain things will be given to you in heaven that16900:17:19,780 –> 00:17:29,979you do not have now. Crowns, rewards, many songs have been written about the things of17000:17:29,979 –> 00:17:37,579heaven. I’ve got a mansion just over the hill top, remember that one? I’m going to walk17100:17:37,579 –> 00:17:45,819the streets of gold, remember that one? Now, it’s surely significant that the bible says17200:17:45,819 –> 00:17:55,760very little about the people, the pleasures, and the possessions of heaven. They are there17300:17:55,760 –> 00:18:02,000but the one thing that is made unmistakably clear because it is the central thing, is17400:18:02,000 –> 00:18:10,459that Jesus Christ is in heaven, to be in heaven is to be in the presence of Jesus. Now it17500:18:11,380 –> 00:18:17,359precisely the point that Asaph has grasped. He comes to a God centered fashion, and it17600:18:17,359 –> 00:18:30,719begins here. Whom have I in heaven but you? Any other perspective on heaven, and you’ve17700:18:30,719 –> 00:18:39,880completely missed the point. Let me try and illustrate this for you. Imagine with me please17800:18:39,939 –> 00:18:46,479Tom and Mary. The young couple engaged and about to be married. The wedding is just five17900:18:46,479 –> 00:18:54,439days away and Tom takes Mary out for a candle lit dinner. And looking over, get in a bit18000:18:54,439 –> 00:19:02,359of a romantic mood here will you? You know, looking over the candle. Tom says, I can hardly18100:19:02,359 –> 00:19:09,359wait till Saturday comes. Mary smiles as she looks back over the candle into Tom’s eyes18200:19:10,280 –> 00:19:20,160and tells me she says why are you so excited about Saturday? Now all Tom has to do at this18300:19:20,160 –> 00:19:28,719moment is to say, because on Saturday, I get to marry you, but Tom is a bit of a dummy.18400:19:28,719 –> 00:19:38,239He doesn’t always get his cues. So he says you know, Saturday my great uncle Jack is18500:19:38,239 –> 00:19:45,000coming in from Boston and I haven’t seen him for 10 years or he says Saturday the guys18600:19:45,000 –> 00:19:48,119from the football team at college are all going to be here and you know we’re going18700:19:48,119 –> 00:19:54,359to go out on Friday night. Or he says, Oh, the reception’s going to be at the Grand18800:19:54,359 –> 00:20:02,520Hotel ballroom and I love the food that they serve there. Now of course, all these things18900:20:02,520 –> 00:20:06,199may be wonderfully true. It is great that uncle Jack and the football team’s coming19000:20:06,199 –> 00:20:13,800in and there will be a marvelous meal. The problem is that by making them his focus,19100:20:13,800 –> 00:20:22,760Tom has completely missed the point, right? Do you know that surveys show that something19200:20:22,760 –> 00:20:34,040like 90% of all Americans think they’ll be in heaven. Heaven’s big among the people19300:20:34,040 –> 00:20:42,160that work beside you, they think they’ll be there. A good question to ask someone who19400:20:42,160 –> 00:20:52,339thinks they’ll be in heaven is this, why would you want to go there? Actually, your19500:20:52,339 –> 00:20:57,959answer to that question may just be one of the most revealing things about you, because19600:20:57,959 –> 00:21:05,699the reality is that for a lot of people their conception of heaven is about people, possessions19700:21:05,699 –> 00:21:13,199and pleasures, that’s all it is. And their idea of heaven is as christ-less as their19800:21:13,199 –> 00:21:24,020life on Earth. There is only one heaven and Jesus Christ is at the center of it. Heaven19900:21:24,180 –> 00:21:34,819is about Christ. Eternity – eternity – is about Christ. And once you’ve grasped that20000:21:34,819 –> 00:21:41,819God-centred Christ-focused reality of eternity, then you know how to live life in this world.20100:21:43,939 –> 00:21:47,739You’ve been listening to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called20200:21:47,900 –> 00:22:16,380Open The Bible is able to stay online and on the air, as a result of the generous giving20300:22:16,459 –> 00:22:21,099by our listeners, so if you already give to support the work, thank you so much.20400:22:21,660 –> 00:22:26,380If that’s something you’re considering doing in the future, we have a special offer for you.20500:22:26,939 –> 00:22:30,699If you’re able to begin a new direct debit to the work of Open The Bible,20600:22:30,699 –> 00:22:37,420in the amount of £5 per month, or more, or a one off gift of £50, we’d love to thank you20700:22:37,420 –> 00:22:43,979by sending you a copy of Pastor Collinsmith’s book For All Who Grieve, along with 5 lovely20800:22:43,979 –> 00:22:51,739greetings cards with a verse from Psalm 23. Colin what was it that inspired you to write this book?20900:22:52,380 –> 00:22:57,420Well, I’ll never forget it. I was away on a study break when I picked up a voicemail21000:22:57,420 –> 00:23:04,219with the terrible news that a couple in our church had lost their son in a tragic accident and21100:23:04,859 –> 00:23:08,859in the days and weeks that followed I had the privilege of walking with them21200:23:08,859 –> 00:23:13,260through the funeral and the first days of their grief. And I said to them at one21300:23:13,260 –> 00:23:19,819point you know there are others in the church who have lost a child. Would you be interested21400:23:19,819 –> 00:23:26,619in meeting with some others who have gone through this most awful experience and they jumped at21500:23:26,619 –> 00:23:32,300that and a few days later we gathered a group of people who had gone through the same experience in21600:23:32,300 –> 00:23:37,500our home. And oh it’s one of the most moving experiences of my life to have heard these21700:23:37,500 –> 00:23:42,939folks sharing their stories with each other! And then in the weeks that followed we continued to21800:23:42,939 –> 00:23:48,380meet and opened up the book of Lamentations. A whole book of the Bible that’s given to the21900:23:48,380 –> 00:23:55,819subject of navigating your way through the valley of sorrow and loss. And it was remarkable to hear22000:23:55,819 –> 00:24:02,699folks relate their experience to Scripture and Scripture to their experience. And sometime after22100:24:02,699 –> 00:24:09,020that several in that group felt that they would be happy to share their stories. And so really22200:24:09,099 –> 00:24:15,660what this book, For All Who Grieve, is, is it’s a combination of the stories with what we learned22300:24:15,660 –> 00:24:21,180from the book of Lamentations together. So if you would have liked to have been in that group,22400:24:21,180 –> 00:24:25,500if you would like to have been a fly on the wall and to have heard what these folks said,22500:24:25,500 –> 00:24:31,979you have the opportunity to do that. And we’ve put this together in order to share a testimony22600:24:31,979 –> 00:24:39,579to the sufficiency of God’s grace in the most painful and sorrowful valleys. And I hope that22700:24:39,579 –> 00:24:45,020it really will be a means of help and comfort and encouragement for all who grieve. Well,22800:24:45,020 –> 00:24:50,140we’d love to send you a copy of Colin’s book along with five lovely greetings cards with a22900:24:50,140 –> 00:24:56,140verse from Psalm 23 if you’re able to begin a new direct debit to the work of Open The Bible23000:24:56,140 –> 00:25:02,380in the amount of five pounds per month or more or a one-off gift of 50 pounds or more this month.23100:25:02,939 –> 00:25:09,180Full terms and conditions can be found on our website and you can also give online . For Open23200:25:09,180 –> 00:25:14,300The Bible for pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pigg and i hope you’ll join us again next time23300:25:15,180 –> 00:25:23,739Are you looking forward to heaven? It’s possible to long for23400:25:23,739 –> 00:25:29,660heaven but still to completely miss the point Find out why next time on Open The Bible