[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon 
you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, 
and give you peace.
  Father, we begin this day by claiming this magnificent fivefold 
assurance. We ask You to make this a blessed day filled with the 
assurance of Your blessing. May we live today with the Godly esteem of 
knowing You have chosen us and called us to receive Your love and serve 
You. Keep us safe from danger and the forces of evil. Give us the 
helmet of salvation to protect our thinking brains from any intrusion 
of temptation to pride, resistance to Your guidance, or negative 
attitudes. Smile on us as Your face, Your presence, lifts us from fear 
or frustration. Thank You for Your grace to overcome the grimness that 
sometimes pervades our countenance. Instead, may our countenance 
reflect Your joy. May Your peace flow into us calming our agitated 
spirits, conditioning our dispositions, and controlling all we say and 
do. Help us to say to one another, ``Have a blessed day,'' and expect 
nothing less for ourselves. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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