[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 88 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, our source of spiritual, intellectual, and physical 
strength, we thank You for a good night's rest after an intensely busy 
yesterday, filled with many votes in a long and demanding agenda. Now, 
You have replenished our wells of energy and given us a fresh new day 
in which we have the privilege of serving You. Lord, it's great to be 
alive.
  Lord, grant the Senators more than the courage of their convictions. 
Rather, give them convictions that arise from Your gift of courage. May 
this indomitable courage be rooted in profound times of listening to 
You that result in a relentless commitment to truth that is expressed 
in convictions that cannot be compromised.
  We trust You to guide them so that all they say and decide is in 
keeping with Your will. We ask for Your wisdom in the crucial matter to 
be voted on today. Lord, take command of their minds and their 
thinking, speak Your truth through their speaking, and then give them 
clarity for hard choices. Help them to live this day to the fullest. In 
Your holy name. Amen.


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