[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4449]
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 God, whose dwelling place is the heart that longs for Your 
presence and the mind that humbly seeks Your truth, we eagerly ask for 
Your guidance for the work of this day. We confess anything that would 
hinder the flow of Your spirit in and through us. In our personal 
lives, heal any broken or strained relationships that would drain off 
creative energies. Lift our burdens and resolve our worries. Then give 
us a fresh experience of Your amazing grace that will set us free to 
live with freedom and joy.
  Now, Lord, we are ready to work with great confidence fortified by 
the steady supply of Your strength. Give us the courage to do what we 
already know of Your will, so that we may know more of it for the 
specific challenges of this day. Our dominate desire is for Your best 
in the contemporary unfolding of the American dream. Lead on, O King 
Eternal, Sovereign of this land. Amen.

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