Subject: FW: The Power of Prayer
Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in
Kansas at their 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 confess that:
We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word...and
called it Pluralism.
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
building self-esteem.
We have abused power...and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possession...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. Guide and bless these men
and women who have been sent:
to direct us to the center of Your will and to openly
ask these things in the name of Your Son, the living
Savior, Jesus Christ. 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 help, may this prayer sweep over our nation so that
we again can be called "one nation under God".
If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends.
