[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 149 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O Gracious God, Sovereign of our land and source of courage, we thank 
You that You know our needs before we ask for Your help, but You have 
ordained that in the asking we would find release from the anxiety of 
carrying the burdens of leadership on our own shoulders. Help us to 
remember that You are the instigator of prayer. It begins with You, 
moves into our hearts, gives us the clarity of knowing how to pray, and 
then returns to You in petitions that You have refined and guided us to 
ask. We are astonished that You have chosen to do Your work through us 
and to use prayer to reorient our minds around Your guidance for the 
issues we will face today. We say with the psalmist, ``You are my rock 
and my fortress; therefore, for Your name's sake, lead me and guide 
me.''--Psalm 31:3. Suddenly, we see prayer in a whole new perspective. 
It is the method by which You brief us on Your plans and bless us with 
Your power. May this whole day be filled with magnificent moments of 
turning to You for Your purposes, Your glory, and honor in America. May 
we receive a dynamic vision to be that quality of leaders. In the all-
powerful name of our Lord. Amen.

                          ____________________