Prayer of Joe Wright

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 called it Pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
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. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will, to open ask it in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. 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 "The Rest of the Story" on the radio 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.

Comments

[Brian Parker]

It is amazing how people react to the truth. I am also pleased to hear that he ended his prayer by asking it in Jesus name. Thank you for bringing this situation to light. I enjoyed reading your post.

God Bless.

[Lyn]

Wayne, Joe Wright is a local pastor in Wichita and his prayer was actually given to the Kansas House of Representatives.

Here is the text of the original prayer delivered January 23, 1996 by Pastor Joe Wright to the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka.

http://www.centralcc.org/NewsNow/JoeArticles/JoeRepentancePrayer.html

Powerful prayer!
Lyn from Bloggin' Outloud

[Ralph Dewar]

I received this prayer in an email in French in the form of a chain letter. Amazing, the truth is sure hard to swallow.

[Reginald Mahlo]

The prayer is exactly what we need. Proverbs14 says righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. This is awesome. I know it is a guidance from the Spirit of God. We don't know what we are praying for but the spirit intercedes for us...

[Wayne M]

Thanks for stopping by.