As we enter the last quarter of this troubling year of
2020, the clarity we often relate to 20/20 is yet to be seen by those of even
minimal intelligence. Nothing seems to make sense any longer and a dense fog of
redundant and irrational societal demands looms over everyone’s future. This
year the citizens of the United States of America will exercise their right to
vote in a general election of most of the positions in federal and local
governments. This election year is a crucial time in the history of the world
and most of all our country. One must take the time to investigate the past
history and the immediate intentions of every person on the ballot and weigh
that information against your expectations for the future of this country and
peace throughout the world. Remember this – the U.S.A. citizen voter is the
owner of the U.S.A. and those we elect to office are to represent us and
protect our way of life, not to dictate and destroy our Constitutional
Republic. Above all, one must pray for the survival of our form of government,
confess our faults that are tearing down our Constitutional Rights, and ask God
for guidance when selecting whom you should vote for. When minister Joe Wright
was asked to open the new session of the Kansas House of Representatives in
January 1996, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what
they heard:
“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: 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. 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.”
Can you see the shame and truth in this powerful prayer?
[Proverbs 12:12-22] A number of legislators walked out
during the prayer in protest. Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his
show "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, again, and wholeheartedly become
our desire so that we again can be called one nation under God. “If My people
who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face,
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sins and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). Every person on the face
of this earth is a sinful, greedy soul. “If we claim to be without sin, we
deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins…” (1 John 1:8-10). Time has come
to rally around the voting booth and the cross of Jesus. And failing to take a
knee here could result in total chaos and great loss.
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