STLShelby Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 This 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Wow !! When did this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 The whole prayer. Interesting. http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/prayernation.asp You gotta scroll down a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLShelby Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Wow !! When did this happen? I don't know Grabber, my neighbor emailed it to me yesterday. I thought it spoke volumes about where this country is headed and the mentality of our politicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 and where was the news coverage of this? sorry, I'll shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Always good to see a mingling of Church and State...just the way our fore fathers would have wanted it.... That's why we shouldn't have it...He is asked to give a prayer, and he gives a political speech... I dont disagree with the what was said, but truth doesn't belong in politics....that is the whole point of seperation... Sorry, it is the political scientist and lawyer in me. Damn education always gets in the way of the majority opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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