Thought you might
enjoy this interesting prayer given in
Kansas at the opening session of their
Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some
people.
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open
the new session of the Kansas senate,
everyone was expecting the usual
generalities, but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today
to ask your forgiveness and to seek your
direction and guidance. We know Your Word
says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but
that is exactly what we have done. We have
lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed
our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the
absolute truth of Your Word and call it
Pluralism.
We have exploited the poor and called it the
lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it
welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it
choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children
and called it building self
esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions
and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it
freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of
our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts
today; cleanse us from every sin and set us
free.
Amen!"
The response was immediate. A number of
legislators walked out during the prayer in
protest..
In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church,
where Rev. Wright is pastor,
logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only
47 of those calls responding negatively.
The church is now receiving international
requests for copies of this prayer from
India, Africa and Korea.
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on
his radio program, "The Rest of the Story,"
and received a larger response to this
program than any other he has ever aired.
With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep
over our nation and wholeheartedly become
our desire so that we again can be called
"one nation under God."
If possible, please pass this prayer on to
your friends. "If you don't stand for
something, you will fall for everything."
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