The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 317: Persistence in Prayer (2025)
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Nov 13, 2025 Fr. Mike highlights the importance of persistence in prayer, urging listeners to be shameless in their requests to God. He delves into the meaning of challenging passages, like the return of an unclean spirit and Jesus’ message of division in families. With insights on fearing God over earthly threats, he encourages trust in divine provision rather than anxiety over wealth. The discussion touches on the significance of spiritual clarity and the need to fill one's life with virtue after being delivered from sin.
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Pray With Shameless Persistence
- Keep praying with shameless persistence and refuse to quit when you petition God.
- Keep asking, seeking, and knocking because Jesus frames prayer as continual effort, not a single request.
Greek Emphasis: Keep Returning To Prayer
- The Greek emphasizes ongoing action: keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.
- This underscores prayer as sustained relationship-building, not one-off bargaining.
Ask Specifically For The Holy Spirit
- Ask the Father for the Holy Spirit because God promises to give the Spirit to anyone who asks.
- Rely on the Holy Spirit as the primary good God gives rather than expecting God to fulfill every request.
