This  Pastor has guts!!
Thought  you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. 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  confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and call 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.
>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 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." bless:)