[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S2907]
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, You created us to soar, to mount up with wings like 
eagles. We realize that it is not just our aptitude, but our attitudes 
that determine our altitude. Our attitudes are the outward expression 
of our convictions congealed in our character. People read what is 
inside by what we project in our attitude.
  Help us to express positive attitudes based on a belief that You are 
in control and are working out Your purposes. We want to allow You to 
love us profoundly so our attitude will exude vibrant joy. May Your 
peace invade our hearts so our attitude will reflect an inner security 
and calm confidence. We long to have the servant attitude of 
affirmation of others, of a willingness to listen to their needs and of 
a desire to put our caring into practical acts of kindness.
  Lord, if there is any false pride that makes us arrogant, any 
selfishness that makes us insensitive, any fear that makes us overly 
cautious, any insecurity that makes us cowards, forgive us, and give us 
the courage to receive Your transforming power in our hearts. All this 
is so our attitude to others may exemplify Your attitude of grace 
toward us. In Your transforming name. Amen.

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