Kansas 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.
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 seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says,
''Woe to those who call evil good,'' but that's exactly what
we have done. We have lost our Spiritual equilibrium and inverted
our values. We confess that; we have ridiculed the absolute
truth of Your Word and called it pluralism; We have worshipped
other gods and called it multiculturalism; We have endorsed
perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle; We have
exploited the poor and called it the lottery; We have neglected
the needy and called it self preservation; 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 political
savvy; 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, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see
if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin
and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have
been sent here by the people of this state and who have been
ordained by You, to govern this great state of Kansas. Grant
them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us
to the center of Your Will.
I ask in in the name of your Son, The Living
Savior, Jesus Christ
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 "The Rest of the Story" on the radio 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. |