Healing Our Nation!

This was shared by a good friend who shares my values and once was a Democrat, until he realized the party left him by becoming too radicalized. My research on this event reveals that this obviously occurred years ago, but is verified. In fact, if the minister's name is used in the search term, a few videos regarding it appear. In one of them the actual prayer is read aloud by another man who apparently is a friend of the minister, but some words, or sentences are slightly different.
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Prayer given in Kansas State Senate:

   If this doesn't say it all, then I don't know what does. Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their [state] 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 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. Amen!"  

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. [They couldn't stand hearing the truth.]

       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.  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.'
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Since this event occurred our nation's political scene has clearly become less respectful and courteous and more visceral and contentious. Here's a short video from PragerU which illustrates this point clearly. I hope it will help in understanding where I'm coming from, because his explanation of our current situation is "spot on"!