[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Here is an exciting Biblical promise to start our day:
  ``God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always 
having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every 
good work''.--II Corinthians 9:8.
  Gracious Father, we thank You for Your amazing grace, Your 
unqualified love and forgiveness, and Your limitless strength that 
flows from Your heart into our hearts, filling up our diminished 
reserves. It is wonderful to know that You have chosen to be our God 
and have chosen us to belong first and foremost to You. We clarify our 
priorities and commit ourselves to seek first Your will and put that 
above all else. It is liberating to know that You will supply all we 
need, in all sufficiency, to discern and do what glorifies You. Grant 
us wisdom, Lord, for the decisions of this day.
  We ask this not for our own personal success but for our beloved 
Nation. America deserves the very best from us today. Experience has 
taught us that You alone can empower us to be the dynamic leaders 
America needs. Fill us with a new passion for patriotism and fresh 
commitment for the responsibilities of leadership You have entrusted to 
us.
  In the name of Jesus. Amen.
  (Mr. ASHCROFT assumed the chair.)

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