[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You have told us in the Scriptures that there are 
blessings You grant only when we care enough to pray for each other. We 
also know how our attitudes are changed when we do pray for each other. 
We listen better and conflicts are resolved. We discover answers to 
problems together because prayer has made it easier to work out 
solutions. Also, when we pray for each other, You affirm our mutual 
caring by releasing supernatural power. Added to this, working together 
becomes more pleasant and more productive.
  Knowing all this, we make a renewed commitment to pray for the people 
around us, those with whom we disagree politically and those with whom 
we sometimes find it difficult to work. If we pledge that we are one 
nation under You, dear God, help us to exemplify to our Nation what it 
means to be a Senate family, affirming unity in our diversity, held 
together with the bonds of loyalty to You and our Nation, and drawing 
on Your power for each other through prayer. In the name of our Lord. 
Amen.

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