Soooo True
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 called 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'll fall for everything."