[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 122 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are thankful, O gracious God, for all the gifts that brighten our 
days, that encourage our spirits, and are the marks of Your blessings 
in our daily lives. For friends whose loyalty supports us and 
encourages us, for colleagues who help point the way, for family whose 
love and concern accepts us when we walk the road of success or know 
the valley of grief or pain, and above all for Your Word that directs 
us in the way of truth and righteousness and peace. May the 
gratefulness we feel in our hearts, O God, cause us to be specially 
aware of the needs of others so that we will share with them the 
blessings of our hearts and the gifts of Your creation. This is our 
earnest prayer. Amen.

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