[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9455]
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, our hearts are filled with gratitude. We are 
thankful that You have chosen to be our God and chosen us to know You. 
Your love embraces us and gives us security, Your joy uplifts us and 
gives us resiliency, Your peace floods our hearts and gives us 
serenity, Your Spirit fills us and gives us strength. You have blessed 
us with the privilege of prayer so that we could receive Your wisdom 
and guidance. With never-failing faithfulness You hear and answer our 
prayers as we seek first Your will and the courage to do it. During the 
intensely busy past few weeks, You have been with the Senators through 
long days and late evenings. You have honored their commitment to hard 
work. Thank You for the magnitude of legislation that has been 
accomplished. Grant the Senators and all who work with them the 
perspective of taking victories and defeats in stride. Our best efforts 
are incomplete so we press on; our steps in each day are only part of 
the long journey of progress, so we do not lose heart.
  We commit this day to You and ask that You will grant us a second 
wind of renewed energy and vision for the challenges ahead of us today. 
In the name of our Lord. Amen.

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