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whoa ah man oh man hi my name is father
Blah! Man, oh man.
Mike Smith's and this is ascension
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.
presents you know I talk to people all the time who are saying they don't have
You know, I talk to people all the time who are saying they don't have time to pray,
time to pray that they don't have any time to pray that they like to pray they
that they don't have any time to pray, that they would like to pray, but they don't have any time to pray.
don't have any time to pray you know is reading a book by father Michael Scanlon
You know, I was reading a book by Father Michael Scanlan, he is a priest.
he is a priest you speak he's a Franciscan priest who used to be the president of Franciscan University of
He's a Franciscan priest who used to be the president of Franciscan University of Steubenville.
student villany was talking about prayer
He was talking about prayer and he pointed this out.
and he pointed this out he said that people who say that they don't have time
He said that people who say that they don't have time to pray,
to pray if they actually that's not the issue that the issue isn't a time issue
that actually, that's not the issue, that the issue isn't a time issue.
this is a faith issue
It's actually a faith issue.
what do you meant by that is this he said I'll be essentially if we think
What he meant by that is this: he said essentially, if we think that
that something is going to be valuable we always find time to do it we think
something is gonna be valuable, we always find time to do it.
we're actually going to be changed by this it's actually going to help us we always find time to do it the reality is
If we think we're actually gonna be changed by this, it's actually going to help us, we always find time to do it.
we don't actually many of us who
The reality is we don't actually—many of us who struggle with finding time to pray—
struggle with finding time to pray we don't actually think that it quote unquote works or that it's quote unquote
we don't actually think that it "works" or that it's "worth it".
worth it do we really believe that God
Do we really believe that God is going to fight for us?
is going to fight for us you know that that verse comes from the book of Exodus
Now that verse comes from the book of Exodus.
you know the story that God is delivering his people from slavery in
You know the story that God is delivering his people from slavery in Egypt.
Egypt at one point they're saying what
At one point, they're saying, "What are we going to do?
I'm going to do this you know massive army of the most powerful nation in the world at the time is chasing us down and
This massive army of the most powerful nation in the world at the time is chasing us down."
in Exodus 14 verse 13 and 14 God says this he says Moses through Moses Moses
And in Exodus 14 verse 13 and 14 God says this. He says through Moses.
answered says fear not stand your ground
Moses answers and says, " 'Fear not. Stand your ground.
you'll see the victory the Lord Himself
You'll see the victory the Lord himself will win for you today.' "
a win for you today and in verse 14 it says the Lord Himself will fight for you you have only to keep still you know
And in verse 14 it says, " 'The Lord himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still.' "
that's not invitation to quietism or simply passivity like I'll just let
Now, that's not invitation to quietism or simply passivity like I'll just let it happen to me.
it happen to me what it is is this we
What it is, is this:
have so much frenetic energy in the
We have so much frenetic energy in the course of our day,
course of our day so much frenetic activity in the course of our day that
so much frenetic activity in the course of our day,
many of us don't ever take a moment to
that many of us don't ever take a moment to stop, to stand still.
stop to stand still so we think if I stand still I'll lose my edge if I stand
We think if I stand still, I'll lose my edge. If I stand still, I'll lose.
still I'll lose if I stand still then all will be lost it's all about losing standing still means losing and yet here
If I stand still, then all will be lost. It's all about losing. Standing still means losing.
in Exodus standing still means and
And yet, here in Exodus, standing still means winning.
winning so here's my invitation if you
So here's my invitation.
struggle with finding time to pray just do a little self-reflection it might not
If you struggle with finding time to pray, just do a little self-reflection.
be a time issue
It might not be a time issue.
in fact it might be more like a faith issue I don't really believe that the
In fact, it might be more like a faith issue—I don't really believe that the Lord is willing to fight for me.
Lord is willing to fight for me I'm not willing and I don't really believe that I can trust him I don't really believe
I don't really believe that I can trust him.
that her works because why because if I
I don't really believe that prayer works. Because, why?
give up 20 minutes I'd give up half an hour if I give up an hour every day to simply just
Because, if I give up 20 minutes or if I give up half an hour or an hour every day to simply just pray,
pray then I'm gonna lose and yet
then I'm going to lose.
in Exodus 14 you stand still with the
And yet in Exodus 14 says if you stand still with the Lord,
Lord you find out that you're actually going to win you
you find out that you're actually going to win.
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