I don't usually forward this sort of message. I think this time you'll see why I did. >--------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Faith Hope Love <these3@...> >To: CHRISTIA@... >Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:39:20 -0700 (PDT) >Subject: [CHRISTIA] A PRAYER >Message-ID: <19981008223920.16615.qmail@...> > >Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask Your forgiveness and >seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe on those >who call evil good," but that's exactly what we have done. We have lost >our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. >We confess that: We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and >called it pluralism; We have worshipped other gods and called it >multiculturalism; We have endorsed perversion and called it an >alternative lifestyle; We have exploited the poor and called it the >lottery; We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation; >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 political >savvy; 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, O God, >and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in >us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide >and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of >Kansas, and who have been ordained by You, to govern this great state. >Grant them Your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the >center of Your will. I ask it in the name of Your Son, the Living >Savior,Jesus Christ. Amen. > >When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas >Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct >generalities. But on January 23, 1996, what they heard instead was >this stirring prayer, passionately calling our country to repentance and >righteousness. Reprinted by permission of Senior Pastor Joe Wright of >Central Christian Church, Wichita, Kansas. > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ********** > For help on using CHRISTIA's listserv processor to change > your subscription, search the archives, or use the library, > send the command GET FAQ PART1 to LISTSERV@... > > > > > > >========================================== >This is the Conservative Oregon Republicans On-Line (CORO-L) mailing list. > >To post a message, send it >To: coro-l@... >To get off this list, send a message To: majordomo@... which says >unsubscribe coro-l >To get someone on this list, have them send a message To: >majordomo@... saying >subscribe coro-l >To send a message to the List Administrator, Jeff Smith, address it >To: owner-coro-l@... >========================================== > > Jeff Smith - WilderLands Hold <>< <http://www.teleport.com/~thehold> =================================== "President Clinton has done a lot for the U.S. Presidency: He has made Jimmy Carter look competent, Lyndon Johnson look honest, and John Kennedy appear virtuous." --Ed Meese in a speech to the 27th annual Eagle Forum Leadership Conference, Sept. 11-13, 1998 ================================== Fight spam! Join C.A.U.C.E. <http://www.cauce.org>