[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18117]
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, thank You for the gift of vibrant confidence based on 
vital convictions. We are confident in Your unlimited power. Therefore, 
at no time are we helpless or hapless. Our confidence is rooted in Your 
Commandments. Therefore, we are strengthened by Your absolutes that 
give us enduring values. Our courage is based on the assurance of Your 
ever-present, guiding spirit. Therefore we will not fear. Our hope is 
rooted in trust in Your reliability. Therefore, we will not be anxious. 
Your interventions in trying times in the past have made us experienced 
optimists for the future. Therefore, we will not spend our energy in 
useless worry.
  You have called us to glorify You in our work here in this Senate. 
Therefore, we give You our best for this day's responsibilities. You 
have guided our beloved Nation through difficult periods of discord and 
division in the past. Therefore, we ask for Your help in the present 
debate over crucial issues today. Thank You for the courage that flows 
from our unshakable confidence in You. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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