It seems honest prayer really upsets some people.

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer
given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate.

 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 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 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 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'll fall for everything."

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