I'd be upset if I heard this prayer given at a government event. It's full of
things that
political parties exploit, and it shouldn't be part of our political process.
I think the whole "One Nation, Under God" concept needs to be reexamined. It
assumes
that we all believe in a god, the same god for everybody. Some people don't
have such
beliefs, and it's not fair to them.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This is a 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,
>
> '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 a nd 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 whole heartedly become our desire so that we again can be called
> 'one
> nation Under God.'
>
>
>
>
>
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