We can't lose our faith the way we lose our car keys. We either give it away or we let it decay

because we don't use it. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. And in my new book, Unshakeable,

building a life of virtue in a world of chaos, I tell faith-filled stories that inspire you

to live a life of virtue that flows from the unshakable power of God.

Although we're surrounded by a culture that mocks virtue, we can feed ourselves stories

that really do uphold what is good and promote a virtuous life.

When we live this way, we experience freedom and joy like never before.

It's my prayer that the stories in my book, Unshakeable, will inspire you

to fight the battle for a virtuous life and win through trust in an unshakable God. Order

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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 unfold and how we fit into that story today. We are on day two of the returns. That means day 268 total. We're reading Ezra, chapters 3 and 4, as well as a new book, Zechariah, the prophet Zechariah, chapters 1, 2, and 3, as well as Proverbs chapter 20 verses 4 through 7. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. 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. You can also subscribe to this podcast, click on subscribe, and then what will happen is you will receive daily episodes and updates, and we will receive maybe some more ability to see on people's radars. I mean, people might find out here we are on day 268. Today might be there day one,

which would be phenomenal, incredible if you subscribe or if you share and comment and say how

much you like or maybe you dislike this podcast and still you've persisted with us for 268 days. That's pretty remarkable and you deserve some kudos and some credits. As I said, it is Ezra chapter 3 and 4 today, a new book, the book of the prophet Zechariah, who is contemporary of Hegai, that was yesterday, chapters 1, 2 and 3, as well as Proverbs chapter 20, verse 4 through 7. Well, heads up when it comes to

Zachariah, he's going to have a bunch of dreams, kind of a crazy night for the life of the

prophet Zechariah. When I say dreams, I mean God-inspired dreams, aka visions. And so it's going to be

a little bit read here a lot of symbolic language and symbolic stuff going on in Zechariah's prophecy. But then again,

he's a prophet, so we're getting after it again for the third time, day 268, Ezra 3 and 4,

and 4, Zechariah 1, 2 and 3, Proverbs 20, verses 4 through 7.

The Book of Ezra, chapter 3. Worship restored at Jerusalem.

When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.

Then arose Jeshua, the son of Josadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubabel, the son of Sheltiel, with his kinsmen.

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