Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fw: Profound Prayer
> > message dated 11/5/99 3:02:05 PM Eastern Standard Time...
> >
> > > PROFOUND PRAYER
> > >
> > > When minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new
> > > session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting
> > > the usual politically correct generalities, but what
> > > they heard instead was a stirring prayer, passionately
> > > calling our country to repentance and righteousness.
> > > The response was immediate. A number of legislators
> > > walked out during the prayer in protest. In six short
> > > weeks, the Central Christian Church had 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 the prayer from
> > > India, Africa, and Korea. Commentator PAUL HARVEY
> > > aired the 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 !!
> > >
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> > >
> > > THE PRAYER
> > >
> > > Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your
> > > forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance.
> > > We know Your Word says, "Woe on those who call evil
> > > good," but that's 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 worshipped other gods and called it multi
> > > culturalism.
> > >
> > > We have endorsed perversion and called it an
> > > alternative lifestyle.
> > >
> > > We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
> > >
> > > We have neglected the needy and called it self
> > > preservation.
> > >
> > > We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
> > >
> > > We have killed our unborn children and called it a
> > > 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 political savvy.
> > >
> > > 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, O 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. I ask it in the name of Your
> > > Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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> > > What awesome insight !!! With the Lord's help, may
> > > this prayer sweep our nation and wholeheartedly become
> > > our desire so that we again can be called a Christian
> > > nation that fears the Lord! Please send this prayer
> > > to as many of your Christian friends as you can. Let
> > > us all help to get the Lord back into our lives and
> > > most importantly into the lives of our children. >>
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