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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:15:31 EDT
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When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas
> Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct
> generalities. But on January 23, 1996, what they heard instead was a
> stirring prayer, passionately calling our country to repentance and
> righteousness. The response was immediate and a number of legislators
> walked out during the prayer. In six short weeks, the Central
> Christian
> Church had logged more than 5,000 phone calls, with only 47 of those
> calls responding negatively. Commentator Paul Harvey aired the prayer
> on
> the radio and received a larger response to this program than any
> other
> program he has ever aired. In addition, the Central Christian Church
> is
> now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from
> India, Africa, and Korea. Pastor Joe's prayer is reprinted here as an
> encouragement and challenge for each of us to stand for the truth of
> the
> Gospel whenever the Lord gives us an opportunity.
>
> "Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask Your forgiveness and
> seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe on
> those
> who call evil good', but that's exactly what we have done. We have
> lost
> our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that:
>
> We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it
> pluralism.
> We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
> We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
> We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
> We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
> 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 political savvy.
> 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, O 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
> here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by You, to
> govern this great state. Grant them Your wisdom to rule and may their
> decisions direct us to the center of Your will. I ask it in the name
> of
> Your Son, the Living Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen."
>
>

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