[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 140 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S13143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  The Word of the Lord is: ``Be still and know that I am God; I will be 
exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!''--Psalm 
46:11.
  Let us pray:
  Holy God, Your call to prayer startles us. Be still? We are 
wordsmiths and find it difficult to be still. Our craft is to talk and 
we are proud of our polished sentences and carefully worded paragraphs. 
Sometimes we forget to listen to Your voice before we speak. Now in the 
quiet of this time of prayer we realize how much we want You to be 
exalted among the nations, particularly this Nation You have called us 
to lead. Our deepest desire is to know what You desire; our lasting 
pleasure is to please You. Be exalted in our hearts: our goal is to 
glorify You. Be exalted in our minds: our purpose is to be bold and 
creative thinkers. Be exalted in this Senate as each Senator humbles 
himself and herself to speak the truth as You reveal it and listen to 
each other with patience and openness. Remind us again that the meaning 
of the Hebrew words ``Be still'' imply ``let go, leave off, let up.'' 
We want to do that consistently today as we open the floodgates of our 
minds and hearts to receive the inflow of Your power and peace. In our 
Lord's name. Amen.


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