One Nation Under God
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness
and to seek Your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, "Woe on those who call evil good," but
that's 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 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 children 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 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, O 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. I ask it in the name of Your Son, the living Savior,
Jesus Christ. Amen.
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the
Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but Joe had a
different idea.
The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out
during the prayer in protest. In 6 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. 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."
If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends. "If you
don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."