Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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From: Pam Anderson <panderson@cctb.com> To: RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL; "Alice_Gilbert@ca5.uscourts.gov".Net.GOV_MAIL; "annelise01@yahoo.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "BABettyYou@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "flossy1021@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "hellenb@juno.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "jrhalloru@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "karend993@cs.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "kblair17@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "kdcork@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "marie_mccormick@hotmail.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "mattyea@ametro.net".Net.GOV_MAIL; "neihaug@wes.army.mil".Net.GOV_MAIL; "president@whitehouse.gov".Net.GOV_MAIL; "rafloyd@bellsouth.net".Net.GOV_MAIL; "rpbower@juno.com".Net.GOV_MAIL; "sannya@aol.com".Net.GOV_MAIL Created: 8/1/2002 10:23 AM Subject: FW: Kansas Message: > 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 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 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. 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." - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\FW_ Kansas\Mime.822