Day 203: Rejoice in the Lord (2026)

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[outro jingle] 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 unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day two hundred and three. Wow, and we're reading from Isaiah twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven. We're also reading Habakkuk, chapter three, the conclusion of Habakkuk. We're also reading Proverbs, chapter eleven, verses five through eight. As always, the Bible translation that 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/bibleinayear. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on Subscribe and receive daily episodes and daily updates. Today is day two oh three. As I said, we're reading Isaiah twenty-five through twenty-seven, Habakkuk, chapter three, Proverbs eleven, verses five through eight. The book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter twenty-five. Praise for deliverance from oppression. O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of strangers is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt. Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you. For you have been a stronghold to the poor,