[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10899]
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, make us maximum for the demanding responsibilities 
and relationships of this day. We say with the Psalmist, ``The Lord is 
my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; 
therefore, my heart greatly rejoices.''--(Psalm 28:7).
  Lord, our day is filled with challenges and decisions that will test 
our own knowledge and experience. We dare not only trust in our own 
understanding. In the quiet of this moment fill our inner wells with 
Your spirit. Our deepest desire is to live today for Your glory and by 
Your grace.
  We praise You that it is Your desire to give good gifts to those who 
ask You. You give strength and courage when we seek You above anything 
else. You guide the humble and teach them Your way. We open our minds 
to receive Your inspiration. Astound us with new insight and fresh 
ideas we would not conceive without Your blessing. When we truly seek 
You and really desire Your will, You do guide us in what to ask. When 
we ask what You guide, You provide. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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