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When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new
sessions 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 called it Pluralism.
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We have worshipped other gods and called it
multiculturalism.
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We have endorsed perversion and called it
alternative lifestyle.
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We have exploited the poor and called it the
lottery.
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We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
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We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
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We have shot abortionist and called it justifiable.
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We have neglected to discipline our children and
called it building self-esteem.
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We have abused power and called it politics.
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We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and
called it ambition.
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We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of expression.
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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. I ask it in the Name of
Your Son, the living Savior Jesus Christ. Amen."
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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
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