A Corporate Prayer

2 Chronicles 7:14 — “If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves [and] pray...then will I...heal their land.”

House of Representatives, Topeka, Kansas, January 23, 1996.  Prayed by Joe Wright, pastor of Wichita’s Central Christian Church.  Written by Bob Russell, Louisville, Kentucky, pastor of Southeast Christian Church:

"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!”

Paul Harvey aired this one on his radio show several times, bringing it to the attention of the country.  There is a great case to be made for corporate sin, and corporate repentence -- His people... called by His name.  If we unite our hearts, it really can happen.

It really can.

Comments

[West]

That's one of the most appropriate prayers of our time.

Thanks again, Les.......hopefully we'll get to meet one day.