[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We heed the words of the Psalmist when we pray, ``We give thanks to 
Thee, O God, we give thanks; we call on Thy name and recount Thy 
wondrous deeds.''
  It is our prayer, O gracious God, that we will not let this day or 
any day pass without having thankful hearts and appreciative spirits 
for Your goodness and loving kindness to us and to all people. May our 
crowded hours and sometimes cluttered minds never keep us from the 
marvelous virtues of gratefulness, gratitude, and thankfulness. With 
the Psalmists of old we know of the trials of each day and yet we 
celebrate with all our strength and energy, the wonder of Your 
creation, the joy of our friendships one with another, and the love and 
power that Your spirit gives day by day. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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