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[kcjenkins]

His Current Age: 93 Truth ............from a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on.....amazing!

He has certainly hit the "world" on the head!

Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation

THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!

'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 sin and Set us free. Amen!'

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we once again can be called 'One nation under God!'

Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world. (It's worth a try!) 'One Nation Under God!'

[Gail in Virginia]

Actualy, according to Snopes.com, this prayer was used by Rev. Joe Wright at a session of the Kansas House of Representatives based on a prayer by Bob Russell for the Kentucky Governor's Prayer Breakfast. It is actually a little longer than the one KC quoted, and apparently caused a bit of controversy at the time. If you want the full scoop, try this link: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/prayernation.asp

[Catherine]

I read both -- and found it very interesting that the "controversy" was about purportedly "extremist" and "intolerant" views.

"The truth shall set you free -- but lies will ENSLAVE you."

coupled with

"To crooked eyes, truth wears a wry face."

I would posit that those who found controversy in the prayer of an earnest man of God are themselves intolerant and looking with crooked eyes. I pity them, and pray that they _open_ their eyes. While I do not agree on all counts with Rev. Wright's prayer, I certainly see nothing "offensive" -- except large doses of truth, which are always extremely offensive to those who refuse to see.

[kcjenkins]

I accept the correction, but agree with Cat that the intolerance is in those who find that prayer extremist.

[Catherine]

Here is some more "intolerance" and "offense" for those inclined to see in that way.

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/ONUG.pdf

[Gail in Virginia]

I had not seen that article. Thanks for sharing!