An Honest Prayer

Received on the Internet by a member of the TNG: It seems that prayer still upsets some people. When Rev. 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 we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and call it pluralism.”

“We have exploited the poor and called it 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 six 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.”

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In the TNGNL #52, Master D.K. states: The U.S. has corrupt politics and childish selfishness. The southern states are almost unbelievably degenerated and deluded. The conflict in the U.S. is between a love of freedom which amounts almost to irresponsibility and license, and a growing humanitarian ideology which will result in world service and non-separateness. The American people believe that everything in the U.S. is better than anything anywhere else. RAI 628+

The destiny of humanity lies in the hands of the U.S.A., Great Britain, and Russia. As yet Russia is being retarded by dictatorship, the States by corrupt politics, and Great Britain by ancient imperialistic tendencies. DON 101

Three great countries hold the destiny of humanity in their hands: The U.S.A., Great Britain and Russia. Russia is retarded by a dictatorship which will shortly end; corrupt politics in the States; and ancient imperialistic tendencies in Great Britain. The U.S. is learning the most slowly. EA 526

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Maybe this explains why the Kansas politicians walked out on this prayer. Maybe it was hitting too close to home. We need more statesmen rather than politicians – statesmen who know the truth as well as speak the truth rather than the party line.

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