[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12217]
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, help us to live beyond the meager resources of our 
adequacy and learn that You are totally reliable when we trust You 
completely. You constantly lead us into challenges and opportunities 
that are beyond our energies and experience. Then You provide us with 
exactly what we need. Looking back, we know that we could not have made 
it without Your intervention and inspiration. And when we settle back 
on a comfortable plateau of satisfaction, suddenly You press us on to 
new levels of adventure in our living. You are the disturber of any 
false peace, the developer of dynamic character and the ever present 
deliverer when we attempt what we could not do on our own.
  May this be a day in which we attempt something humanly impossible 
and discover that You are able to provide the power to pull it off. 
Give us a fresh burst of excitement for the duties of this day so that 
we will be able to serve courageously. We will attempt great things for 
You and expect great things from You. Through our Lord and Savior. 
Amen.

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