Day 343: God Uses Paul's Past (2022)

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🗓️ 9 December 2022

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Summary

In Acts 22, Paul's testimony falls on hostile Roman ears, and he narrowly escapes scourging by way of his Roman citizenship. Reflecting on this incident, Fr. Mike reminds us that God uses Paul's past to further his ministry, and that God does the same with each of us, today. Commenting on today's readings from 2 Corinthians, Fr. Mike highlights that we are called to be cheerful givers and disciplined thinkers. He also points out that, as Paul reminds us, the most important ministry credential is to be called by God and equipped by his grace. Today's readings are Acts 22, 2 Corinthians 9-11, and Proverbs 29:5-7.

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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,
0:07.3	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a year
0:11.0	podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read
0:14.8	all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds in a week
0:18.6	bit into that story today. It is day 343, another Palin Drome day, and we're reading from next,
0:23.5	the Apostles, chapter 22, as well as the second letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians,
0:26.4	chapters 9, 10, and 11, and Proverbs, chapter 29, verses 5 through 7, as always, the Bible translation.
0:31.6	I'm reading from it's a revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the great
0:35.2	Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan,
0:38.6	you can visit AscensionPress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also, little known fact,
0:43.8	in the last 20 some days of this Bible in your podcast, you can still subscribe to the podcast,
0:49.6	and you would be subscribed. It would be day 344, nope, and day 343 for you. We're reading Acts,
0:56.3	chapter 22, second Corinthians, chapters 9, 10, and 11, and Proverbs, chapter 29, verses 5 through 7.
1:05.6	The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 22. Brethren and fathers, hear the defense which I now make
1:12.0	before you, and when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they were the more
1:16.4	quiet, and he said, I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Celicia, but brought up in this city at the
1:22.8	feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being
1:27.2	zealous for God as you all are this day. I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering
1:33.1	to prison both men and women as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness.
1:38.4	From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who
1:42.8	were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished. Paul tells of his conversion,
1:49.5	as I made my journey and drew near to Damascus about noon a great light from heaven suddenly
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