[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 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:
  Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God * * * Lest when thou 
hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt 
therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and 
thy gold is multiplied * * * thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget 
the Lord thy God * * * And thou say in thine heart, My power and the 
might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth * * *.--Deuteronomy 8:11-
14; 17-18.
  Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, may we hear these sober 
warnings from Moses lest this Nation fail to fulfill its God-destined 
role. Heighten our gratitude for the blessings so lavishly bestowed 
upon us. Deepen our humility in recognition of the resources so 
uncommonly plentiful in our land. Broaden our sense of justice. 
Lengthen the outreach of our love to all who suffer, the homeless and 
the hungry, the persecuted and the oppressed. Sensitize us to the hurt 
and pain of all peoples, at home and abroad. Make us advocates of the 
voiceless, the weak, the poor, the elderly, the neglected.
  We pray in the matchless name of Him who, in love, gave His life for 
all peoples. Amen.

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