Father Mike Schmitz

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96,610 appearances 364 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard today

Father Mike Schmitz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) · Day 270: God's Favor with Ezra (2026) · 27 Sep 2026 podcast

And oh, we better ask God then. voice-verified

And I think voice-verified

There's something good that's really good about this because we're gonna contrast this a little bit with Nehemiah. voice-verified

In Nehemiah chapter two, Nehemiah sees uh that the king actually does give them an armed escort from Babylon all the way back to Jerusalem to Israel. voice-verified

And he sees that as, yeah, it's God's favor. voice-verified

Yeah, God is providing an armed escort through Nehemiah. voice-verified

Or sorry, through through the king for Nehemiah. voice-verified

And here is Ezra, who's, you know, ah, I was ashamed to ask the king for an armed escort because I'd already talked up and bragged up um our God who would protect us because we're seeking his face. voice-verified

And there there's something good about both of those things. voice-verified

Because it wasn't like Ezra said, I was too ashamed to ask the king for help, and therefore I just relied on myself. voice-verified

He's like, No, I was ashamed to ask the king for help. voice-verified

So I relied upon God. voice-verified

And that that's not bad. voice-verified

That's not a bad thing. voice-verified

Nehemiah, if voice-verified

For his part, saying, No, I rely upon God to give me what I asked the king for. voice-verified

And so both of those are voice-verified

completely legitimate ways to walk in the Lord. voice-verified

The one way to not walk in the Lord is to be ashamed to ask the king for help and also to not ask God for help. voice-verified

So uh in this case, both men, Ezra and later on Nehemiah, will have asked God for help. voice-verified

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