"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 confess that We have ridiculed the absolute truth
of Your Word and called it Pluralism;

We have worshipped other gods
and called it multiculturalism;

We have endorsed perversion and
called it alternative lifestyle;

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.

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.
In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev.Wright is pastor,
logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively.
The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa, and Korea.

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on "The Rest of the Story" on the radio
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'll fall for everything."