Hi to everyone,
I thought you might like to see this.
Virgie and Hoshi

Pastor with Guts
This Pastor has guts!!  Thought you might enjoy this
interesting Prayer given in Kansas
 at the opening session of their Senate. It seems Prayer still upsets some 
people.
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:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your
forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 
'Woe
to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have 
lost
our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
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. 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 whole heartedly 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."
Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail 
List, in
less than 30 days it would be heard by the world. How many People in your 
address
book will not receive this prayer....do you have the
              Guts to pass it on?