Prayer of Repentance - Revision history

Conservative at 21:39, January 26, 2025

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2011-10-19T13:39:06Z

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Ed Poor: indent we have ... and called it

2011-06-29T16:19:58Z

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Ed Poor: This is the text of the original prayer delivered January 23, 1996 by Pastor Joe Wright to the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka.

2011-06-23T19:02:02Z

This is the text of the original prayer delivered January 23, 1996 by Pastor Joe Wright to the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka.

Ed Poor: link to the original prayer, which has evolved during email distribution

2011-06-23T18:59:10Z

link to the original prayer, which has evolved during email distribution

Ed Poor: this is still circulating in email, but with the date missing so it appears to be recent

2011-06-23T18:51:40Z

this is still circulating in email, but with the date missing so it appears to be recent

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A '''Prayer of Repentance''' by Pastor Joe Wright, guest chaplain for the Kansas state legislature in 1996, based on a prayer written by his preacher friend, Bob Russell, in Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/prayer.htm]

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	A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]		A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]
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		+	== See also ==
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		+	*[[Repentance]]
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	[[Category:Prayers]]		[[Category:Prayers]]

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	A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]		A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]
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 We know your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we've done.
-We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
+: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 moral pluralism.
+:We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and called it moral pluralism.
-We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
+:We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
-We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
+:We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
-We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
+:We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
-We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
+:We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
-We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
+:We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
-We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
+:We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
-We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
+:We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
-We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem.
+:We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem.
-We have abused power and called it political savvy.
+:We have abused power and called it political savvy.
-We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.
+:We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.
-We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
+: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.
+: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.

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−	A '''Prayer of Repentance''' by Pastor Joe Wright, guest chaplain for the Kansas state legislature in 1996, based on a prayer written by his preacher friend, Bob Russell, in Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/prayer.htm] A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]	+	A '''Prayer of Repentance''' by Pastor Joe Wright, guest chaplain for the Kansas state legislature in 1996, based on a prayer written by his preacher friend, Bob Russell, in Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/prayer.htm]
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		+	Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and seek your direction and guidance.
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		+	We know your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we've done.
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		+	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 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 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 choice.
		+
		+	We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
		+
		+	We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem.
		+
		+	We have abused power and called it political savvy.
		+
		+	We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.
		+
		+	We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
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		+	We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
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		+	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.
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		+	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.
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		+	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.
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		+	Amen.
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		+	==Email circulation==
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		+	A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]

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−	A '''Prayer of Repentance''' by Pastor Joe Wright, guest chaplain for the Kansas state legislature in 1996, based on a prayer written by his preacher friend, Bob Russell, in Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/prayer.htm]	+	A '''Prayer of Repentance''' by Pastor Joe Wright, guest chaplain for the Kansas state legislature in 1996, based on a prayer written by his preacher friend, Bob Russell, in Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/prayer.htm] A version of the prayer circulating by email is slightly different from the original. [http://www.ccc.org/WeBelieve/prayerofrepentance.html]