Pastor with Guts!

[Missouri Mule]

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas 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 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. 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. '

 

[fest3er]

The correct version of the prayer (from Snopes):

Heavenly Father, we come before you to ask your forgiveness. We seek your direction and your guidance. We know your word says, "Woe to those who call evil good. " But that's what we've done.



We've lost our spiritual equilibrium. We have inverted our values. We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your word in the name of moral pluralism. We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.



We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.



We've exploited the poor and called it a lottery. We've neglected the needy and called it self-preservation. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. In the name of choice, we have killed our unborn. In the name of right to life, we have killed abortionists.



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 taxes. 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. Try us. Show us any wickedness within us. 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 the State of Kansas, and that they have been ordained by you to govern this great state.



Grant them your wisdom to rule. May their decisions direct us to the center of your will. And, as we continue our prayer and as we come in out of the fog, give us clear minds to accomplish our goals as we begin this Legislature. For we pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

The Snopes article has more info.