Minister Joe Wright's Prayer

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 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. Several legislators walked out during the
prayer in protest. In six 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 will fall for everything."

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From: Jun.Abenido@unilever.com