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[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 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." (Optional: If possible, please pass this prayer on to
your friends. "If you don't stand for something, you
will fall for everything.")
Love Tinka