[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18037]
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, take charge of the control center of our brains. Think 
Your thoughts through us and send to our nervous systems the pure 
signals of Your peace, power, and patience. Give us minds responsive to 
Your guidance.
  Take charge of our tongues so that we may speak truth with clarity, 
without rancor and anger. May our debates be an effort to reach 
agreement rather than simply to win an argument. Help us to think of 
each other as fellow Americans seeking Your best for our Nation, rather 
than enemy parties seeking to defeat each other. Make us channels of 
Your grace to others. May we respond to Your nudges to communicate 
affirmation and encouragement.
  May we all march to the cadences of the same Drummer. Help us to 
catch the drumbeat of Your guidance. Here are our lives. Invade them 
with Your calming spirit, strengthen them with Your powerful presence, 
and imbue them with Your gift of faith to trust You to bring unity in 
our diversity. In our Lord's name. Amen.

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