[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O God, our help in ages past, help us to be open to Your 
serendipities today. Grant that we may not allow our experience of You 
in the past to make us think that You are predictable or limited in 
what You can do today. Help us not to become so comfortable with the 
familiar that we miss the new things that You want to do in and through 
us and in our Nation.
  Father, our life is so often filled with stress and pressure. We need 
Your help in keeping our hearts receptive to Your Word in the midst of 
all of the other words that clamor for our attention. May our constant 
question be: ``Is there any word from the Lord?''
  Help us to have no other gods before You--neither our power, 
popularity, nor plans. Grant that we may value spiritual riches over 
material and give You first place in our hearts. With these priorities, 
bless us in our work today. In our Lord's name. Amen.

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