http://www.servicebeforeself.com "Defend the Constitution Now... "
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new sessions of the
Kansas Senate in January 1996, everyone was expecting the usual
politically correct generalities, but this is what they heard :
THE PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask for 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:
=B7 We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it
Pluralism.
=B7 We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
=B7 We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
=B7 We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
=B7 We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
=B7 We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
=B7 We have shot the abortionist and called it justifiable.
=B7 We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building
self-esteem.
=B7 We have abused power and called it politics.
=B7 We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
=B7 We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called
it freedom of expression.
=B7 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 is
any 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
Kansas, and who have been ordained by you, to govern this great state.
Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the
center of your will. I ask it 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 six short weeks, Central Christian Church,
were Rev. Weight 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 and has received more requests
for reprints than any other article he has ever printed.
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