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Prayer
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By:
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Nate_n15
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Mood:
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don't know
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Date:
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11/20/2007 10:24:45
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Music:
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None
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It seems prayer still upsets some people. Please
read.... When Minister 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 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 speech and
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 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. 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."
If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends "If
you don't stand for something, you will fall for
anything." Think
about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on
your email list, in less than 30
days it would be heard by the
world. How many people in your
address book will not receive this
prayer.....do you have the guts to pass it
on? I just
did!
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