BONUS: How to Hear God's Voice in Scripture (2023)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 30 December 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In preparation for reading the Bible in a Year, Fr. Mike shares five tips for reading scripture that will help you better understand the Word of God.
Before we begin this year-long journey, don't forget to get the 365 day reading plan! Text CATHOLICBIBLE to 33-777 or visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast where |
| 0:05.4 | we encounter God's voice in live life through the lens of Scripture. |
| 0:09.1 | This is not a day in which we are going to be reading from Scripture, but it's a day |
| 0:12.2 | we're going to be talking about Scripture. |
| 0:13.7 | In fact, we're going to be looking at how do I hear God's voice in Scripture? |
| 0:17.6 | Like what are the ways in which any person can actually pick up the Bible and not just |
| 0:24.1 | get the story. |
| 0:25.6 | We just understand the stories, but really hear God's voice. |
| 0:29.9 | Like really know what it is we're listening to, who it is that we're listening to, because |
| 0:34.0 | the Bible is not only a document, the Bible is a living thing and it's God's living voice |
| 0:40.7 | continuing to speak to us now. |
| 0:42.5 | Here's some tips. |
| 0:43.5 | We have five little tips, five tips on how to hear God's voice and I want to start out |
| 0:47.5 | with the first one. |
| 0:48.5 | The first one is know what you're reading. |
| 0:49.9 | What I mean by know what you're reading is a couple things. |
| 0:52.0 | First thing is know that the Bible is not necessarily, sometimes we approach the Bible |
| 0:56.7 | like it's a magic eight ball, right? |
| 0:58.9 | Kind of like we look for an answer or we approach the Bible. |
| 1:03.3 | It's a book of inspiring quotes, so we just look for inspiration. |
| 1:06.5 | We look for some up being uplifted and then we read some stories that we're going to |
| 1:10.4 | get into the stories as we go through this Bible in a year plan and like, wait, that was |
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