The e-mail I recieved said that this was a prayer that Bill Graham gave, but Truth or Fiction.com says a minister named Joe Wright who offered it in front of the Kansas State House in 1996. Whoever said it, I say, "Amen" But I am afraid that this is a prayer that God expects our help to answer.
"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!'
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