[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He shall bring it 
to pass. * * * Rest in the Lord, wait patiently for him * * *.--Psalm 
37:5, 7.
  Let us pray.
  Lord, as we begin this new week, we take these four vital verbs of 
the psalmist as our strategy for living in the pressure of the busy 
days ahead. Before the problems pile up and the demands of the day hit 
us, we deliberately stop to commit our way to You, to trust in You, to 
rest in You, and wait patiently for You. Nothing is more important than 
being in an honest, open, receptive relationship with You. Everything 
we need to be competent leaders comes in fellowship with You. We are 
stunned by the fact that You know and care about us. We are amazed and 
humbled that You have chosen us to bless this Nation through our 
leadership. In response we want to be spiritually fit for the rigorous 
responsibilities. So, we turn over to Your control our personal lives, 
our relationships, and all the duties that You have entrusted to us. We 
trust You to guide us. We seek the source of our security and strength 
in You. We will not run ahead of You or lag behind but will walk with 
You in Your timing and pacing toward Your goals. You always are on time 
and in time for our needs. May the serenity and peace that we feel in 
this time of prayer sustain us throughout this day. We thank You in 
advance for a great day filled with incredible surprises of sheer joy. 
In Your all-powerful name. Amen.

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