The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I Quotes

“Sin is more serious than we understand. It is so serious that God has sent his only Son to die on the Cross to save us from sin. It is through the greatest act of violence ever committed by mankind—the brutal torture and murder of Jesus Christ—that God has brought about the greatest blessing.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission—I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next.”** I know that God has made me on purpose, and because of that I can lift up my head, because of that I can live with purpose because my life matters.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“​We all have “broken stories,” but we know that God can write straight with crooked lines. In the end, he will fulfill his will.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“Why did you, Lord, allow me to come into existence and then abandon me like this? Though I am striving to be righteous, why does it seem like you do not care? Lord, do you not care that I’m hurting so much? I thought living righteously mattered to you. It now seems like it doesn’t matter at all.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“If God is just, why is there so much evil in the world? Why do good people suffer?”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“We need to worship God in the manner he has commanded rather than inventing our own form of worship.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“I needed to allow the wisdom of God to refocus, reshape, and reform my mind. I opened the book of Judges and read about a dark time in the history of God’s people: a time when there was a lack of good leadership; a time when the people of Israel were divided; a time when everyone simply “did what was right in their own eyes.” I began to see things in a new way. I allowed the incredible story of Scripture to teach me and form the way I viewed my own story … and our shared story. I saw the ways God was able to be present in the midst of pain, how he could work with broken people and broken systems. I recognized how God persisted in caring for his people, even when they were quick to run after idols and slow to repent. I saw how the Lord faithfully loved those who quickly forgot his love.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“lockdowns”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I

“They are called to never forget who they are and who the Lord is.”
― Mike Schmitz, The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I