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:



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 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
and to openly ask these things
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 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."