[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 20 (Tuesday, March 1, 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:
  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own 
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy 
paths.--Proverbs 3:5, 6.
  Gracious God, Author, Sustainer, Consummator of history, awaken the 
Senators and their staffs to the reality of the guidance of a sovereign 
God in their daily affairs. Help them see the wisdom in the Proverb 
with which this prayer began. Help them understand that submitting to 
God does not stop their thinking process but, on the contrary, 
vitalizes them. Help them think more clearly. Help them see the big 
picture. Help them see the way to go.
  You have said in Your Word, loving God, ``The steps of a good man are 
ordered of the Lord * * *''--Psalm 37:23. Make this promise real to 
Your servants. Give them the humility to acknowledge their dependence 
upon God, in the confidence that he or she is most independent when 
living in dependence upon God.
  In Jesus' name Whose every moment, every step, every word was God-
led. Amen.

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