Day 97: Samuel's Prophecy (2026)
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How does this episode introduce Day 97 and the reading plan?
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. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. Today is Day 97. We're so close to Day 100. You guys, this is phenomenal. If this is your Day 97, well done. Congratulations. We're getting closer and closer. closer and closer not only to the messianic checkpoint in like three days from now but also closer and closer to day 100 which is four days from now as i said this day 97 we're reading from first samuel chapters three four and five we're also praying psalm 150 which is the last psalm in the book of psalms we're gonna take a little break from the psalms after tomorrow and go to the proverbs once again and then we'll return back to the psalms because those those prayers so so important
We are praying and reading from the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. That's the version of the Bible translation that we're using right now. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. Also, you're invited to subscribe to this podcast and your podcast app to receive daily episodes. If you've not yet done that after 96 days, I don't know what to tell you. I don't think there's anything I can do to convince you. You've probably already done it. You're like, Father, why do you have to say this every single time? And the answer is because I was told to. And that is the answer.
Once again, we are reading today on day 97 from 1 Samuel chapters 3, 4, and 5 and praying Psalm 150. The first book of Samuel, chapter 3. The Lord calls Samuel. Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli, and the word of the Lord was rare in those days. There was no frequent vision. At that time, Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel. And he said, Here I am, and ran to Eli and said, Here I am, for you called me. But he said, I did not call, lie down again. So he went and lay down.
Which Bible passages are we reading today (1 Samuel 3–5 and Psalm 150)?
And the Lord called again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, Here I am, for you called me. But he said, I did not call, my son, lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. And the Lord called Samuel again a third time, and he arose and went to Eli and said, Here I am, for you called me. Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, Speak, Lord, for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the Lord came and stood forth, calling as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
Then the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of every one that hears it will tingle. On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have commanded concerning his house from beginning to end, and I tell him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity which he knew because his sons were blaspheming God and he did not restrain them. Therefore, I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever. Samuel lay until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. But Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, here I am.
And Eli said, what was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How does this episode introduce Day 97 and the reading plan?
0:04–2:23
2
Which Bible passages are we reading today (1 Samuel 3–5 and Psalm 150)?
2:23–8:23
3
How is Samuel called by the Lord and what does that moment reveal?
8:23–14:45
4
What instructions does Eli give Samuel about responding to God's call?
14:45–19:22