[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, source of all that we have and are, we are here by 
Your planning and for Your purposes. You have made possible any success 
we have had. Any recognition we have received is a reflection of 
abilities You have given us. You have blessed us with loved ones, 
friends, and fellow workers who have made possible any accomplishments. 
All our opportunities are a result of Your careful arrangement of 
circumstances. Nothing happens without Your permission.
  So we commit this day to be one of special gratitude for all Your 
blessings. May our gratitude spill over with words of affirmation and 
encouragement to others. Help us make this a just-because-day in which 
we do special acts of kindness just because of Your love for us and our 
delight in others. So if there are any good words we've been thinking 
about saying or any acts of caring we've put off doing, may we say and 
do them today, just because of You, Lord, and all You have done for us. 
In Jesus' name. Amen.

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