Quote from Forum Archives on May 16, 2006, 12:20 pm

Posted by: dhaley <dhaley@...>

 

  This Pastor has guts! 

 

 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 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 neighbour'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-honoured 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."

 

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