This Pastor has guts.
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. |
