This just arrived few days ago

This interesting prayer

was 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 have ridiculed the

absolute truth of Your

Word and called it

Pluralism.

We have worshipped

other gods and called it

multiculturalis m.

We have endorsed

perversion and called it

alternative lifestyle

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 embezzled

public funds and called it

essential expenses.

We have insitutionalise d

bribery and called it

sweets of office.

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. 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. "If you

don't stand for

something, you will fall

for everything."

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.