Heavenly Father, we come before you to ask your
forgiveness. We seek your direction and your guidance. We know your
word says, "Woe to those who call evil good." But that's what we've
done.
We've lost our spiritual equilibrium. We have
inverted our values. We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your
word in the name of moral pluralism. We have worshiped other
gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an
alternative lifestyle.
We've exploited the poor and called it a
lottery. We've 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 self-esteem. We have abused power and
called it political savvy. We have coveted our neighbor's
possessions and called it taxes. 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.
Try us. Show us any wickedness within 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 the State of Kansas, and that they have
been ordained by you to govern this great state.
Grant them your wisdom to rule. May their
decisions direct us to the center of your will. And, as we continue
our prayer and as we come in out of the fog, give us clear minds to
accomplish our goals as we begin this Legislature. For we pray in
Jesus' name, Amen.
