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You might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at an 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
We have exploited the poor
We have rewarded laziness
We have killed our unborn
We have shot abortionists
We have neglected to discipline our children
We have abused power
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; 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 received 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.' Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world. How many people in your address book will not receive this prayer?
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