The Profound Prayer


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> > 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 !!
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >              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.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > 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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