Posted by
covertwarrior on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:04:00 PM
I find most of the e-mails that I receive are usually intertaining junk but here is something that I found interesting to share so here it is:
"Thought
you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of
Senate.
It seems prayer still upsets some people. Please
read.....
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
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 speech and 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 to your friends.
"If you
don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."