Senate_Prayer

I published this on one of my other sites a little over a year ago
but brought it over here to this site too, because it is such
a great prayer and really needs be seen. Please pass it on.

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IN GOD WE TRUST
This is not just interesting:
It is POWERFUL !!
*Please see footnote at bottom of the prayer*



	KANSAS SENATE SESSION

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 called it Pluralism; We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism; We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle; 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 neighbors 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, We ask it 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, there were 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 "The Rest of The Story" on the radio 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 whole-
heartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "One Nation, Under God"

The Prayer is true but with variants....

This event actually happened in the Kansas House (not Senate) in Topeka on January 23, 1996. Joe Wright is the pastor of Central Christian Church in Wichita and was guest chaplain that day. He prayed a prayer of repentance that was written by Bob Russell, pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. According to an article in the Kansas City Star from January 24, 1996, his prayer did stir controversy and one member of the legislative body walked out. Others criticized the prayer. The controversy didn't end there. Later that year in the Colorado House, Republican representative Mark Paschall angered lawmakers by using Joe Wright's prayer as the invocation. Some members there also walked out in protest.

Paul Harvey did air the story and the prayer. He got such a large response that a phone number was set up to handle the calls. He's aired it a couple more times since.

````GOD SAID````

"I will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way thou should go. I will
guide thee with Mine eyes."
PSALMS 37:3-4