This prayer was actually spoken before the Kansas State Legislature.

When Central Christian Church Minister 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 for repentance and righteousness.

The response was immediate, several legislators walked out during the

prayer. Within six weeks, the Central Christian Church logged more than 5,

000 phone calls (only 47 negatively) locally and internationally, for

copies of the prayer.

Commentator Paul Harvey, who aired the prayer on radio, received a

larger response to this program than any he ever presented before. This was

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 reverted our values. We confess that:

We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it pluralism.

We have worshiped 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 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 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

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.