[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 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:
  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall 
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.--Genesis 2:24.
  Father God, this morning we pray for our families who are so often 
hostage to Senate schedules. We thank You for our spouses and our 
children. We thank You for the explicit instruction given to our 
original parents, Adam and Eve, and we ask for Your wisdom and strength 
in conforming.
  Gracious God, as we anticipate this weekend, help us to take time--
make time--for our families. Help us to demonstrate, in some way, an 
awareness that the family has first priority, remembering that at the 
root of cultural and social decay is the dysfunctional family. Bless 
our families and our time with them this weekend.
  We pray in His name who said, ``Suffer the little children to come 
unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.''--
Mark 10:14.
  Amen.

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