INTEGRITY AND THE TRUTH

The following is a copy of the invocation offered in the Kansas House of Representatives on January 23, by Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita's Central Christian Church. Paul Harvey said this prayer produced his largest listener response ever. Ironically, had several wounded legislators not immediately sought the microphone for their angry tirade, the prayer would never have attracted such national attention.

"Heavenly father, we come before You today and ask Your forgiveness and 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 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 esteem. We have abused power and called it political savvy. We have coveted our neighbors' 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; 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. I ask it in the name of Your Son, the Living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen."

dave@wcofc.org

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