Day 109: A Heart of Obedience (2026)
4/19/202618 min
As we continue to read about Saul's vanity and disobedience, Fr. Mike emphasizes the importance of the virtue of obedience in our relationship with God. He also points out how God chose David to be anointed as king because David was a man after God's own heart. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 15-16 and Psalm 61.
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[on hold music] 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, [chuckles] we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story. Today, it is day one oh nine, and we are reading from First Samuel chapter fifteen and sixteen. We're also praying Psalm sixty-one. As always, the Bible translation that I am using and reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic edition. I am actually reading from the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to get that, you can track it down at ascensionpress.com or at amazon.com or wherever Bibles are sold. Maybe bible.com. I don't even know. [chuckles] Buy... Let me buy a bible.com. Slap down there. I don't know. If you want to download your Bible in a Year reading plan, you can also visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. You also-- If you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, click on subscribe, and then you'll be subscribed, and your whole life will change for the better, I think. I mean, I'm not making any promises. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. As I said, today is one oh nine, and we are reading from First Samuel chapter fifteen and sixteen and praying Psalm sixty-one. First Samuel fifteen. Saul defeats the Amalekites but disobeys. And Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you king over this people Israel. Now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I will