Day 187: Praying for Time (2026)
7/6/202620 min
Fr. Mike recalls Hezekiah's prayer for more time and reveals how Hezekiah did not use that time wisely. We are all only given a specific amount of time on this earth, and it's up to us to use that time to become more like Christ so we can spend eternity with him in heaven. Today's readings are 2 Kings 21, 2 Chronicles 32, and Psalm 145.
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[gentle 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 great... the great [laughs] Adventure Bible timeline, 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 187. You guys, there are only two days after this day, only two days left on this sheet of paper. If you've downloaded your ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear Bible in a Year reading plan, you would know that, and you'd know that you c-clicked off another page almost. Well, in two days from now it'll be clicked off 'cause today's 187, and we're reading 2 Kings 21 and 2 Chronicles 32. We're praying Psalm 145. Tomorrow we're jumping into the Proverbs, and in a few days from now we'll be done with 2 Kings, done with 2 Chronicles, and we're gonna move on to the major prophets. We have some mi-minor prophets too. The minor prophets aren't called minor because they are less important than the major prophets, but just because, um, they, uh, worked underground, and they, uh, dug, dug for iron ore and for copper and for [laughs] just kidding. They're called minor prophets 'cause they're shorter. That's all. Wow. Golly. Today the Bible translation I'm using is unique. It is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using The Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. I might have done that for the last 186 days too, but we'll see what happens. Um, if you wanna download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, which is the aforementioned Bible in a Year reading plan, you can by visiting ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. You can also