[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We offer this prayer of Thanksgiving and praise to You, O God, for 
the gift of our lives and for the opportunities all about us. Our words 
of prayer are directed to You, gracious God, in response to Your mighty 
acts of love to us. The promises and the grace that You have given are 
more awesome than anything we could deserve or imagine. So strengthened 
by Your word and encouraged by Your spirit, we can meet each day with 
confidence and new resolve. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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