[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D. offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, 
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will 
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their 
land.--II Chronicles 7:14.
  Gracious God our Father, the Bible makes it clear that the people of 
God who are called by His name are the key to the healing of a nation. 
Administration has its place; legislation and enforcement are 
important. But if the people of God, called by His name, are 
indifferent or simply get involved politically, anything government can 
do will be futile. They must humble themselves; they must pray; they 
must seek His face and turn from their wicked ways.
  These critical days, awaken the people of God to this word from the 
Bible. Help them do more than complain or demonstrate or get involved 
politically. Help them be the people of God in the fullest sense of 
that word, that our land may be healed.
  In His name who is the Great Physician. Amen.

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