[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S15507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Help us, O Lord, to have no other gods before You. We say we trust in 
You, but there are times when our worries and fears expose us to the 
idols in our hearts. Sometimes we are troubled about our success 
ratings, what people think of us, and maintaining popularity. Often we 
are better at reading the pulse of public opinion than honestly taking 
our own spiritual pulse. Help us to use the true measurement of 
humility; not to stoop until we are smaller than ourselves, but to 
stand at our real height and compare ourselves to the greatness You 
intend for us to achieve. Thus, seeing the real smallness of our 
supposed greatness, stretch our souls today until they are enlarged to 
contain the gift of Your spirit. Then sound in our souls Your renewed 
call to serve You with our eye on only one opinion poll: What You think 
of our performance. Free us from need of people's approval so that we 
may give ourselves away for the needs of people. In our Lord's name. 
Amen.

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