[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, source of righteousness and one who is always on the side 
of what is right. We confess that there are times we assume we know 
what is right without seeking Your guidance.
  Lord, give us the humility to be more concerned about being on Your 
side than recruiting You to be on our side. Clear our minds so we can 
think Your thoughts. Help us to wait on You, to listen patiently for 
Your voice, to seek Your will through concentrated study and 
reflection. May discussion move us to deeper truth, and debate be the 
blending of varied aspects of Your revelation communicated through 
others. Free us of the assumption that we have an exclusive on the 
dispatches of Heaven, and that those who disagree with us must also be 
against You.
  Above all, we commit this day to seek what is best for our beloved 
Nation. Grant us the greatness of being on Your side and then the 
delight of being there together. In Your righteous name. Amen.


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