[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 7 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  O gracious God, from whom comes every good and perfect gift, we offer 
our thanks for this new day and new opportunities. As we open our 
hearts to Your grace and heed Your Word, may we be transformed by the 
renewing of our minds and spirit, so all that which hinders or hurts is 
put aside and that which redeems and reforms and forgives remains with 
each of us. With gratitude and praise we offer these words of prayer 
together with the private petitions of our hearts, asking You to bless 
us and keep us this day and all the days long. Amen.

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