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Old 01-30-2008, 02:16 PM
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Prayer

This is a 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 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!"
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Old 01-30-2008, 02:28 PM
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Wow. Like my pastor says, if it makes you uncomfortable, then it's probably true.
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Old 01-30-2008, 04:54 PM
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A spade is a spade...
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Old 01-30-2008, 05:14 PM
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On a positive note, if folx got upset then you know they were at least listening.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:27 AM
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If led by conviction.....

This prayer is powerful. In my heart, I feel like it's a word that
will challenge us. It will undoubtedly change some, and it will compel
others.

the7th
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