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To: E'Lane who wrote (2292)	12/29/1999 5:29:00 PM
From: Midnightsun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26417

Afternoon goo goo people. There is a lot of truth to the following and sometimes the truth hurts. 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 confess that. > > 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 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. > > Guide and bless these men and women who have > been sent to direct us to > the center of Your will. > > We ask this in the name of Your Son, the living > Savior, Jesus Christ. > > 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 > "The Rest of the Story" on > the radio 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. > >