Does God Need Me to Pray for What I Need?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When we are struggling spiritually or experiencing some physical suffering we can find ourselves asking the question; "Is God listening to my prayer?"

Since he already knows what we need before we even ask him, should we just trust in his providence? Is it an either or?

Today, Fr Mike encourages us with examples from scripture to highlight that we ought to both pray for what we need as well as trust that God hears our prayers and will respond according to his good will and pleasure.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go.
0:01.4	This is awesome.
0:02.5	I don't have to clap, but I will anyways.
0:05.6	Okay, here we go.
0:06.4	I don't know why.
0:07.9	Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz,
0:08.8	and this is a center of resistance.
0:10.1	So a little while ago, someone asked me this
0:12.4	really great question, and they said,
0:13.7	when it comes to prayer,
0:14.8	like when it comes to action, not just prayer,
0:16.4	when it comes to our relationship with God,
0:19.5	can I tell him what I want,
0:21.4	like ask him for stuff, like, you know, petition,
0:23.6	you know, or should I just trust him?
0:25.9	And I thought, this is remarkable.
0:27.1	This is such a beautiful question.
0:28.8	And here's one of the reasons why.
0:30.3	So a little while ago, I was in the city of Fargo,
0:33.0	North Dakota, beautiful town,
0:35.1	and I went to actually one of,
0:37.7	one of the, I guess most beautiful,
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