The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
BONUS: Preparing for the Bible in a Year Journey
29 Dec 2024
Are you getting ready to read the Bible in a year? Fr. Mike shares why it's worth following the Bible in a Year journey and how to prepare for this life-changing adventure. He explains how the reading plan works, how to build a listening habit, and how to persevere along the year when it gets tough. He reminds us that it is our "why" that ultimately shapes our "way" through the Bible. He also shares practical resources that can help us get the most out of the Bible in a Year journey. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Today, we're going to do something a little bit differently.
We're actually going to kind of have a relaunch, some tips and offer some steps you can take if you are either restarting the Bible in a Year, or if you were starting it fresh and you wonder like, how do I do this? Like, how do you actually go through the Bible in a Year on a podcast or on any kind of listening device or through YouTube, like how do I do this kind of thing?
We've done it for a year and we want you to join us this upcoming year. And so over the course of this last year, we've learned some things. Some of the things we learned are what works when it comes to the Bible in a year, what doesn't work when it comes to trying to get through the Bible in a year. And so to begin, a couple of words. One is thank you. Thank you for even being interested.
If you found this page, if you found this podcast, I really, truly believe that that is because God is doing something in your heart. Even if you're simply searching, that's no small thing. That's actually a significant thing. In fact, what we believe as Christians is that every time we pray, it's always a response.
So every time we search for the Lord, it's actually not us initiating that search. It's always, always us responding to his searching for us. And so I just want to encourage you. So you hopefully realize that if you find yourself here, that's because God has moved in your heart in some unique way. So that's the first thing. We just have to acknowledge that, that God cares about you. You're loved.
you matter, okay? So that's number one. Number two is, so why in the world would we even have the Bible in the year? You know, there are times when the year gets long. There are times when we make commitments and we start out really fresh with a lot of steam, like we start out like gung-ho, ready to go, and then we lose our way.
And as many famous people have said, you lose your way when you lose your why, right? And so I want to share with you, why did we do this podcast? Why do we do this YouTube channel? Why do we want to go through the Bible in here? And the main reason is because I think we live in a world that can often be troubling. We live in a world that is broken. We live in a world that's good, but broken.
And a lot of times we don't know the story and we don't know actually how does God fit into a world that's good, but broken, right? How do we fit into a world that's good but broken? How do we interact with people who are also good but broken? So we go to the Bible and in God's word, we find not just his story, which is the most important thing in the world. We also find our story.
We don't just find our story. We find our place in his story. And what the Bible does, what opening yourself up to the word does is is it reshapes our lens. It gives us the opportunity to actually see the world through God's eyes and actually see God through God's eyes as he's revealed himself to be. Too often, I think so many of us have this distorted view of God.
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