daily scolding.

"Any objective observer would see a certain insanity in some of the things that have happened in this government shutdown," Black explained to Fox News host Chris Wallace.

"In a spiritual sense, what will it take for our leaders to get together and sign this?" the Fox News host wondered.

"It's going to take humility," Black pointed out. "There's a Proverb that says pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. So, making a commitment to be stewards, to being servants -- and that's going to involve humility."

Black said that a number of senators had told him that they were thinking about things differently because of his daily "prayers."