[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S8741]
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, we begin this day praying with the psalmist, ``Teach me 
to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good.''--Psalm 
143:10. In a world of people with mixed motives and forces of evil 
seeking to distract us, we thank You that we know You are good. It is 
wonderful to know that You will our good, seek to help us know what is 
good for our loved ones and our Nation. You constantly are working 
things together for our good, arranging circumstances for what is 
ultimately best for us. We never have to worry about Your intentions. 
You know what will help us grow in Your grace and what will make us 
mature leaders.
  Today, we want to be filled so full of Your goodness that we will 
know how to discern Your good for our decisions. Bless the Senators. 
Make them good leaders by Your standards of righteousness. Remind us 
that our Nation's greatness is in being good. Help us confront 
mediocrity at any level that keeps us from Your vision for our Nation; 
recruit us for the battle of ethical and social goodness. We make 
another verse of the psalmist our life-time motto ``May goodness and 
mercy follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord forever.'' Amen.

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