[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 23 (Monday, March 7, 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:
  The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this 
time forth, and even for evermore.--Psalm 121:8.
  Sovereign God, Lord of the universe, Ruler of the nations, we are 
speechless when we hear this remarkable promise from the Psalms. To 
know that the sovereign Lord takes a loving, caring interest in each of 
us is very difficult to accept. But Your Word declares it to be so, and 
we take You at Your Word.
  Gracious Father, may this confidence be in each of us, that ``* * * 
our steps are ordered by the Lord, and he delights in our way.'' (Psalm 
37:23) Through difficulties, through the inordinate pressure of 
critical legislation, in trials as well as in triumphs, give us grace 
to live, moment by moment, in the light of this truth, that God 
``preserves our going out and our coming in.''
  In the name of Jesus, incarnate Truth and Love. Amen.

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