When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usualgeneralities, but this is what they heard:

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 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.'

Forgive them....for they know not what they do!

Now that Congress has acted and boldly and arrogantly decided that the "will of the people" has little to do with how they will be governed, each of us must decide how to respond. Numerous lawsuits from both States and individuals are being prepared to challenge the Federal government in this bills bold attempt to mandate citizens to purchase healthcare coverage. Where does this constitutional authority come from we ask? Perhaps from thin air, but none the less, sometime this morning our president will be signing this Healthcare bill into law.

Once that happens we will slowly begin to see what this really means for America. The curtain will be pulled back, the layers of the over two thousand page legislation will be peeled away like an onion and this beast will be exposed to the light of day for all to see. Will it be the Healthcare panacea that the Democrats promised, as they chanted "Yes We Can" during its passage? My concern is that it is, and will be revealed to be instead the "holy grail" of the Democratic party. The passage of this legislation, giving ownership of such a large portion (1/5) of our economy to the Federal Government, might forever revise our basic understanding of the true role of that body.

Regardless of what happens as this is all sorted out, we Believers are called by Scripture to subject ourselves to the leaders that God has placed above us and to render to Caesar what is Caesars'. We are also called to love our enemies. Matthew 5:43-44 says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Let us not forget that this was powerfully demonstrated for us by Christ himself as he hung there on the cross. As we approach this Easter Sunday we can see how His powerful words continue to resonate through the centuries. I hope they minister to you as they always do to me.

“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34

These words, spoken at a time of great sorrow should give even the filthiest of sinners hope. Do not believe the lie Satan is telling you, that God would never forgive you, remember Jesus’ prayer from the cross, because it reveals the true heart of Christ. Remember we are invited to... come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

Have a blessed Easter!

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