Opening Prayer at Kansas Legislature
When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the
Kansas Senate,everyone was expecting the usual politically
correct generalities. But, what they heard instead was a stirring prayer,
passionately calling our country to repentance and righteousness.
The response was immediate; a number of legislators walked out
during the prayer. In six short weeks, Central Christian Church
logged more than 5,000 phone calls, with only 47 of those calls
responding negatively. Commentator Paul Harvey aired the prayer
on the radio and received a larger response to this program than
any other program he has ever aired. Central Christian Church is
now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer
from India, Africa and Korea. Pastor Joe's prayer is reprinted
here as an encouragement and challenge for each of us to stand
for the truth of the Gospel when God gives us the opportunity.
*PRAYER*
"Heavenly Father, we come before You to ask Your forgiveness
and seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says,
'Woe on those who call evil good,' but that's what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted 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 an alternative
lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
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 political savvy.
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, O 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 here by the people of Kansas, and who have been
ordained by You to govern this great state. Grant them the wisdom to
rule, and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your will. I
ask it in the name of Your Son, the Living Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen."
[ From: Phil & Sue Warren (08 Mar 1999) -- Disclaimer: Posted without verification. ]