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 anti-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 whole-heartedly 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 will fall for everything.”
Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world.
How many people in your address book will not receive this prayer … do You have the guts to pass it on?
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According to another website this prayer was given in 1996 and has been circulating on the internet ever since. Are you trying to say that this prayer was given again in 2011?
Pastor Joe Wright – Prayer in Kansas House of Representatives …
Jan 23, 1996 … Text of ‘politically incorrect’ prayer delivered by Pastor Joe Wright before the Kansas House of Representatives on … World’s Biggest Dog! …
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_pastor_joe_wright.htm
You are indeed correct, this prayer was delivered by Pastor Joe Wright before the Kansas House of Representatives on January 23, 1996.
We do always acknowledge the Author and the source of our information, in this case we have erred due to it being added only to a category on our Blog for readership interest.
Well said and worth repentance