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A Pastor with 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
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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
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
e-mail
list,
in
less
than
30
days
it
would
be
heard
by
the
world.
How
many
people
in
your
address
book
will
not
receive
this prayer......do
you
have
the
guts
to
pass
it
on? |