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Hi, my name's 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.

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We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how you and I, or we, fit into that story today. Today is Day 100. You guys, we did it. Phenomenal, well done. You are almost a third of the way through. You're definitely way over a quarter. I don't do math well, but today is Day 100, and we have the second day of a messianic checkpoint. We're reading through the Gospel of John. Today is John chapter four, five, and six, three chapters in John's gospel. We're also reading from Proverbs, chapter five, verses seven through 14. As always, the translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension to download your Bible in a year reading plan. You can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. If you have not yet subscribed on day 100, then we don't want you to subscribe. That's it. I'm done asking. Just kidding. I probably think I have to keep asking. But you know that there's no pressure. Also, this is a little pro tip. Maybe I've already shared this. I don't know. If you're sitting there thinking, Father, why do you have to say the same thing every time? And I already know this. And I already know what date is because I downloaded my Bible and Ear reading plan from ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year like 98 days ago. You can just hit that fast forward button a couple times. And man, all of a sudden, you're already there. We're reading the gospel of John like we're doing right now.

I'm just excited.

I'm sorry.

I need to calm it down. When we get to the Gospels, get to the New Testament, I love the Old Testament. It is incredible. It's incredible. The Hebrew covenant, the Hebrew story, the Hebrew scriptures, so good. but there's something about even today's gospel of John chapter four, five, and six

that I got to tell you right now, it's changed my life. It has changed my life, especially that

last chapter, John, chapter six. So I will try to contain myself as we read, the gospel of

John, chapters four, five, and six, book of Proverbs chapter 5, verses 7 through 14.

The Gospel according to John, chapter 4. Jesus and the woman of Samaria.

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