SIGNIFICANT PRAYER...

[Henry Hawk]

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.[/b]

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.

[Locutus]

Although the above is largely true, there are some minor differences in the above and what actually happened. 

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/wright.asp