'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,'
