2.28.2007

A Prayer

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given
in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate.


It seems prayer still upsets some people. Please read.....


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 speech and 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 wi th 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 anything."

1 comment:

mommyto3kiddos said...

I looked this up on Snopes.com because I've actually seen it before and it is a true story. However, the prayer was given at the opening of the Kansas House of Representatives, not the Senate, in 1999. A lot of good things to think about though.