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Pastor Gives Kansas Senate a Shock And it should give every one of us a "wake up call"

God says:"Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
(Proverbs 14:34)

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

We see the result and the consequences of the wicked bearing this (rotted) fruit in our nation today.

Topic: White Water

Opening session Prayer--Kansas Senate
January 23, 1996 Pastor Joe Wright, Central Christian Church, Wichita Kansas

When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalitites. But on January 23,1996, what they heard instead was a stirring prayer, passionately calling our country to repentance and righteousness.

"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 that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it Pluralism.
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 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. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will and to openly ask these things in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen!"

A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest (I wonder which ones).

However, the response from the public was immediate.

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.

Jesus commanded us to be “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world”, (Matthew 5:13-14).

Reprinted by permission of Senior Pastor Joe Wright of Central Christian Church, Wichita, Kansas.