[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, we say with the author of Hebrews, ``This hope we have as 
an anchor of the soul.''--Hebrews 6:19.
  Thank You for the anchor of hope in You we have for the storms of 
life. We lower our anchor and it holds in the bedrock of Your 
faithfulness in spite of the billows of adversity and the blasts of 
conflict. We can ride out the storms of difficulties and discouragement 
because we know You will sustain us. We share the psalmist's 
confidence, ``I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do 
hope. For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.''--
Psalms 130:5, 38:15.
  Our hope is not in the reliability of people, the predictability of 
circumstances, or the security of human power. Our hope is in Your 
grace and truth. You will neither leave nor forsake us. Keep us 
anchored today so we may not drift from our commitment to serve You. We 
claim Your destiny for our Nation. Throughout this day may we feel the 
tug of the anchor and know that we are secure. In the name of our Lord. 
Amen.

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