'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!'



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 will fall for everything.
' Think about this:
If you forward this prayer to everyone on your
e-mail list, in less than 30 days
it would be heard by the world.