[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1593]
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                                 Senate

  The Senate met at 9 a.m. and was called to order by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, we want to be so committed to You, so filled with Your 
spirit, so open and expectant of Your blessings and so willing to be 
surprised by Your goodness, that we will be spontaneous people. We long 
to be ``all-signals-go!'' leaders who can respond to life's 
opportunities and challenges with immediacy and intensity. It is so 
easy to be navigated by negativism into the eddies of stagnation. 
Instead, we step into the fast-moving currents of the river of Your 
spirit and are carried along by supernatural power. We accept the gift 
of enthusiasm and welcome life expectantly. We are open to Your 
serendipities and we are thankful for all You will do to help us. We 
greet the future as a friend. Help us to be a lift and not a load, a 
blessing and not a burden, to the people around us. We dedicate this 
day to spontaneous prayer, moment-by-moment relationship with You that 
will give us responsiveness to the many splendored thing we call life. 
In the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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