Post by ADMIN on Sept 30, 2005 14:47:59 GMT -5
This came in my mail box, from Lunaria a former member of EC.
THIS PASTOR HAS GUTS
>
> > 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 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."
> >
> > If possible, please pass this prayer on to your
> friends. "If you don't
>
> > stand for something, you will fall for
> everything."
> >
> > Think about this: If you forward this prayer to
> everyone on your
> > e-mail 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?
> >
>
>
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