[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11335]
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, the deepest longing of our hearts is to know You. We 
echo the yearning of the psalmist when he said, ``With my whole heart I 
have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your 
word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.''--
Psalm 119:10-12.
  Father, help us live today with a sense of accountability to You. So 
often we live our lives on the horizontal level, thinking only of our 
wins and losses in our human struggles. There are people we want to 
please and others we want to defeat. Awaken us to the reality that 
every word we speak and every action we do is open to Your review. Make 
us sensitive to our sins against You and Your absolutes for faithful 
living and responsible leadership. Help us to have Your word, Your will 
and way, be the mandate in the hidden, inner sanctuary of our souls. 
Give us courage to remove any idols of our hearts and be true in our 
commitment to worship only You. Make us fearless, decisive, and 
unreserved in our desire to be obedient to what You reveal to us today. 
Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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