> 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 anti-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 God's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation > and whole-heartedly become our desire so that we again can > be called: "one nation under God." __._,_.___ . __,_._,___ <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=605278&rui=114975833> DISCLAIMER: Notice : This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential to the addressee and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way whatsoever. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message, and deleting the original and any printout thereof. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality?hl=en.
