Paul Harvey's "On Air Prayer"
My mom sent this to me the other day. I think it has a good point, even if we shouldn't live under a theocracy. We have scewed our values quite a bit ...
"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!"
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." If possible, please pass this prayer on to
your friends.
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."
"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!"
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." If possible, please pass this prayer on to
your friends.
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."