[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 56 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend John Lloyd Ogilvie, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, Sovereign of this Senate and Lord of our lives, as we 
begin a new week filled with opportunities masquerading as complex 
problems, we claim Your promise, ``Call on Me, and I will answer you, 
and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.''--Jeremiah 
33:3. So we press on with confidence to the work ahead. Irrespective of 
the intensity of our problems, You are with us. The bigger the 
problems, the more of Your abiding presence we will receive. The more 
complex the problems, the more advanced will be the wisdom You offer. 
Equal to the strain of each problem, will be the strength You release.
  We ask for a fresh anointing of Your spirit. Our talents, training, 
and experience are insufficient to deal with the problems we face. We 
need Your x-ray discernment into the potential blessing wrapped up in 
what we call problems. Endow us with vision to see clearly the 
solutions we would not have discovered without Your help. Give us 
courage to follow Your guidance. Make us lodestar leaders who are on 
fire with enthusiasm. Set us ablaze with greater patriotism for our 
country and deeper commitment to our calling to be courageous problem-
solvers by Your grace and guidance. Then make us compelling 
communicators who are able to share Your solutions and inspire others.
  Thank you, Lord, for a week filled with serendipities, Your 
interventions to help us live at full potential for Your glory. Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen


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