Isn't it strange how we call things not quite what they truly are?  We continually try to justify wrong, evil, sin, and so on.  Well, Pastor Joe at the beginning of a Kansas Legislative session put his heart on the line and suddenly a spade became a spade.  Let your ya be ya, and your na be na.  Here's what happened;

    When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalities.  But, what they heard instead was a stirring prayer, passionately calling our country to repentance and righteousness.

    The response was immediate and a number of legislators walked out during the prayer.  In six short weeks, the Central Christian Church (USA) had logged more than 5,000 phone calls, with only 47 of those calls responding negatively.   Commentator Paul Harvey aired the prayer on the radio and received a larger response to this program than any other program he has ever aired. The Central Christian Church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa, and Korea.

    Pastor Joe's prayer is reprinted here as an encouragement and challenge for each of us to stand for the truth of the Gospel whenever the Lord gives us the opportunity.

The Prayer:

"Heavenly Father, we come  before you today to ask your forgiveness and 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 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 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 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 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 here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you to govern this great state.  Grant them the 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."

    How sad it is that we will continue to destroy the society within which we live for the love of money.  We COULD take back our streets.  We COULD slow the influx of  young teenagers into our judicial system.  We COULD slow the rate of teen suicide, of teen pregnancy, of chemical dependent children, of the number children with behavioral disorders.  The question is our society worth saving?  Is our kids worth saving?  After all, they are only children............well...........are they worth saving?