Prayer given to Kansas Senate

[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 call 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. "

God bless,

Althea