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 confess that.  We have ridiculed the
       absolute truth of Your Word . . . and called it Pluralism. 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
       possession . . .  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. Guide and bless these
       men and women who have been sent: to direct us to the center of Your will and to openly ask these things in the
       name of Your Son, the living Savior,    Jesus Christ. 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 wholeheartedly 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'll fall for everything."