> 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 speech and 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. 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 will fall for anything.'
>
> Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone On your
> email 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.....do you have the guts to pass it on?
>
>
> I just did!