Day 186: Struggles with Self-Interest (2025)

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🗓️ 5 July 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike highlights Hezekiah's goodness as king of Judah, but also points out his failure to protect his people's future. While Hezekiah let his self-interest cloud his judgment, we are reminded to pray for those who will come after us, doing our best to preserve what will be theirs one day. Today's readings are 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 31, and Psalm 144.

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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,
0:07.5	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.8	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.3	Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:16.9	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit.
0:19.6	And in that story today, It is day 186. We are reading today from 2nd Kings chapter 20 from 2nd Chronicles chapter 31. We're also
0:26.2	praying Psalm 144. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised
0:31.1	standard version, the second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:34.7	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit
0:37.6	ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:39.8	And if you want to subscribe to this podcast, you can.
0:42.4	You don't have to.
0:43.2	But you can.
0:44.5	As I said, it is today.
0:45.8	It is today.
0:48.4	Today is the day it is.
0:49.7	It's day 186 and we are reading 2nd Kings 20 Second Chronicles 31 and we are praying Psalm 144.
0:59.0	2 Kings chapter 20, Hezekiah's illness. In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death.
1:06.3	And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos, came to him and said to him, thus says the Lord, set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.
1:15.6	Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,
1:19.9	Remember now, O Lord, I beg you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole
1:24.7	heart, and have done what is good in your sight.
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