Interesting Prayer for those in Politics

[Professor]

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 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 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>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."
>>