This was given in Kansas, USA, 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, 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 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
alternative lifestyle.
* 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 embezzled public funds and called it
essential expenses.
* We have insitutionalised bribery and called it sweets of office.
* 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.
Aamen!"
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.
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."
