> >>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.
> >>
> >>Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct
us
to
> >>the center of Your will and to openly ask these things
in the
name of
> >>Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. 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."
> >>
> >>Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your
email
> >>list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the
world.