Pastor Joe
Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalities. But on this day what they heard instead was a stirring prayer passionately calling our
country to repentance and righteousness. The response was immediate-with a number of legislators walking out during the prayer. In six short weeks, Central Christian Church logged more than 5,000 phone calls, with only
47 of those calls responding negatively. Commentator Paul Harvey aired Pastor Wright's prayer in its entirety on the radio and received a larger response to this program than any other program Paul Harvey has ever
aired. In addition, Central Christian Church has received international requests for copies of the prayer from India, Africa, and Korea. -----------
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's exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted 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 multi-culturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it a 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 political savvy.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the airwaves with profanity and called it freedom of
expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from
every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by You, to govern this great state. Grant them Your wisdom to rule and may their
decisions direct us to the center of Your will. Amen.
Reprinted by permission of Senior Pastor Joe Wright, Central Christian Church.
