2003-01-10 - 1:37 p.m.

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OPENING PRAYER - KANSAS STATE SENATE

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 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 speech.

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

Reverend Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000

phone calls with only 47of 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..."

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That was quite a conversation with You that I just copied in here. Lots to think about there.

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