This is a 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 pen 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.