[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4675]
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:
  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own 
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct 
your paths--Proverbs 3:5-6.
  Lord, what You desire from us You inspire in us. You use whom You 
choose; You provide for what You guide; You are working Your purposes 
out and know what You are about. We trust You with all our hearts. 
Infuse us with Your spirit and use us.
  We praise You for the challenges of this day that will force us to 
depend more on You. Knowing that You never forget us, help us never to 
forget to ask for Your help. Set us free of any worries that would 
break our concentration on the work You have given us to do today. We 
entrust to Your care our loved ones and friends, those who are ill or 
confronting difficulties. And Lord, help us to be sensitive to the 
needs of people with whom we work today. Let us take no one for granted 
assuming that a polished exterior is the result of a peaceful interior. 
So enable us to be to others what You have been to us. Help us to live 
this day as if it were the only day we had left. So if there is any 
kindness we can show, and affirmation we can give, any care we can 
impart, Lord, help us to express it today. May we be a boost and not a 
burden; a source of courage and not of cynicism. Lord, this is the day 
You have made and we plan to rejoice and be glad in it. In Your holy 
name.


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