Kansas Prayer

 

 

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."