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 This Preacher has guts!
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>>       It seems prayer still upsets some people. Please  read....
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>>       When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the
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>>       Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but
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>>       this is what they heard;
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>>       "Heavenly  Father,
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>>       We come before you today
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>>       To ask your forgiveness and
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>>       To seek your direction and guidance.
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>>       We know Your Word  says,
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>>       "Woe to those who call evil good"
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>>       But that is exactly what we have done.
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>>       We have lost our spiritual equilibrium
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>>       And reversed our values.
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>>       We have exploited the poor
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>>       And called it the lottery.
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>>       We have rewarded laziness
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>>       And called it welfare.
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>>       We have killed our unborn
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>>       And called it choice.
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>>       We have shot abortionists
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>>       And called it justifiable.
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>>       We have neglected to discipline our children
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>>       And called it building self esteem.
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>>       We have abused power
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>>       And called it politics.
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>>       We have coveted our neighbor's possessions
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> >       And called it ambition.
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>>       We have polluted the air
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>>       With profanity and pornography
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>>       We have ridiculed the time
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>>       Honored values of our forefathers
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>>       Search us, Oh, God,
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>>       And know our hearts today;
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>>       Cleanse us from every sin
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>>       And set us free.
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>>       Amen!"
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>>       The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked Out
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>>       during the prayer in protest.
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>>       In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is
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>>       pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those
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>>       calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving
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>>       requests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea .
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>>       Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio Program,
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>>       Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program
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>>       With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our Nation and
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>>       who leheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called
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>>       nation under  God."
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>>       If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends "If you
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>>       don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."
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>>       Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone On your
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>>       email list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by The world.