God's greatness humbles us

In 1996, a minister by the name of Joe Wright was asked to pray before the House of the Kansas Legislature. Everyone was expecting the usual kind of a soft-peddled prayer one that neither inspires nor rattles anyone. But what they heard shocked them and the reaction was swift:
- one legislator walked out during the prayer in protest
- in the weeks that followed thousands responded favorably to the prayer

This is the prayer of Joe Wright:

“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 worshiped 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 & 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.

Guide and bless these men and women
who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will.
I ask it in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen"

Script taken from Answering God's call by Andrew Lim