[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 110 (Monday, July 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6704]
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:
  Remind us, O gracious God, and teach us until we understand that each 
day is Your gift to us, a day which we receive without merit but we 
receive with gratefulness. As the psalmist has recorded, we ought make 
a joyful noise unto You and serve with gladness of heart, for Your 
steadfast love endures forever and Your faithfulness to all 
generations. May we keep these words before us as we get immersed in 
the duties of the time, that though our responsibilities are ever 
before us, we never lose sight of Your promises and Your grace. In Your 
name, we pray. Amen.

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