Paul Harvey

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> This is an acticle was sent to me by a friend of mine.  I thought it was
> really interesting and I figured that others would like it to.  This was
> published in my friend's newspaper and was written by Paul Harvey.
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> Man, oh, man!  They won't invite Pastor Joe to the Kansas State Legislature
> again!
> They invited Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita's Central Christian Chruch to
> deliver the invocation - and he told God on them!  Now, God knows what
> they've been up to!
> No sooner had their guest chaplain concluded his prayer than three Democrats
> on the state legislature were on their feet at microphones protesting, "He
> can't talk like that about us!"  Rep. Delbert Gross considered the invocation
> gross, calling it "divisive,"  "sanctimonious"  and "overbearing".
>
> Rep. David Haley called it "blasphemous and ignorant".  Rep. Sabrina
> Standifer echoed the indignation.
>
> What in the world did Pastor Joe say in Topeka that incited the righteous
> wrath of three Democrats from Hays and Kansas City?  I've secured the entire
> text of the invocation so you can evaluate it for yourself.
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> "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 inverted our values.
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> We confess that we have idiculed the absolute truth of Your word in the name
> of moral 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 a
> 'lottery'.  We have neglected the needy and called it 'self-preservation'.
>  We have rewarded laziness and called it 'welfare'.  In the name of 'choice,'
> we have killed our unborn.  In the name of 'right to life' , we have killed
> abortionists.  We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
> 'building esteem.'  We have abused power and called it political savvy.'
>  We've coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it 'taxes'. We've
> polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it 'freedom of
> expression'.  We've ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and
> called it 'enlightenment'.
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> Search us, oh God, and know our hearts today.  Try us, and show us any wicked
> 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 be
> 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.
>
> I hope ya'll enjoy this as much as I did!
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> Sincerely;
> Sis. Brenda
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