Wow - what an impact!

[Guest guest]

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 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 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 and to openly ask these

things 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

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 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. " If possible, please pass this prayer on to your

friends.

" If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything. " Think

about

this: if you forward this prayer to everyone on your email list, in

less

than 30 days it would be heard by the world.