This Pastor has guts!

[Shammu]

This Pastor has guts!!

I 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 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."

Resting in the hands, of Jesus.
Bob

Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

[Gaurav]

Hey
It's prayers like this which are required. A Christian is too often in the comfort zone and more than anything they need to hear this message.

[nChrist]

Amen and Amen!

Those who walked out in protest of this prayer need to be voted out of office on the next election. The single word that should have been heard in those chambers after this prayer is:

AMEN!!

A worthy politician should know that God is the Head over all rule and authority. If they don't, they have no business holding a public office.

Love in Christ,
Tom

Colossians 2:9-10 NASB  For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;