Day 119: David's Wisdom (2025)

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

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Summary

In the last chapters of 1 Samuel, Fr. Mike focuses on David's wisdom in battle through his prayer and ability to unite the people of Israel. He also touches on Psalm 18 and how wonderful things can happen once we allow ourselves to be loved by God. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 29-31 and Psalm 18.

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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 we
0:07.9	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to
0:12.6	you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to
0:16.7	Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:21.4	It is day 119.
0:23.3	We are at the last few chapters.
0:25.1	In fact, the last three chapters of 1 Samuel, 1 Samuel 29, 30 and 31.
0:29.3	We're also going to be praying today, Psalm 18.
0:31.9	As always, I'm reading from the revised standard version, second Catholic edition.
0:35.1	I'm using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to
0:37.9	download your own bible in a year reading plan you can go to ascensionpress.com slash bible in a year and if
0:43.0	you've not yet subscribed to this podcast i invite you to consider that and then after considering
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0:51.7	and then you're subscribed as i said it is day 11 day 119. We're reading 1 Samuel chapter 29, chapter 30, chapter 31, and we're praying
0:59.3	Psalm 18. 1 Samuel chapter 29. The Philistines reject David. Now the Philistines gathered all
1:08.9	their forces at Afec, and the Israelites were encamped by the fountain, which is in Jesreal, as the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Akshish.
1:20.0	The commanders of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here?
1:24.1	And Akshish said to the commanders of the Philistines, is not this David, the servant of Saul,
1:28.4	king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and for years? And since he deserted to me, I have found
1:33.7	no fault in him to this day. But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders
1:38.8	of the Philistines said to him, send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him.
1:44.8	He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us.
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