A Pastor with Guts!

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Hey all, I got this forwarded onto me in an email a couple of days ago. Thought some of you may find this interesting. About some pastor giving an opening session speech at some senate meeting. Read on, enjoy! : )
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A Pastor With Guts

Minister Joe Wright

A Pastor With 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.

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More and more I find videos, articles, or some other kind of indication online or in the media that there are indeed a few men and women in opportune places that have got the balls to stand up against some of the negativities we find discontent with in life. This kind of stuff makes me feel a little more hopeful and uplifted during some of the lows that I've encounterd/endured in life. I hope that this posting has done the same for some of you! : )

Live it and love it, always!

Peace!

: )