Pastor Joe Wright of Kansas was asked to lead the Kansas State Senate in
prayer. They were expecting the usual formal prayer to open the session
but that is not what happened. The pastor used the moment as a
confessional and prophetic opportunity. As he prayed there were some
senators who got up and walked out. When Paul Harvey (a national known
radio news and editorialist) got a hold of the prayer and read it on his
program he got more requests for copies of it than any other thing he
had ever done.

Here's what Rev. Wright the prayed:

"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'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 multi-culturalism.
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 a 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 airwaves with profanity 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....Amen."