[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Holy Lord God, who has commanded Your people to have no other gods 
before You, we pray for the honesty to face any idols in our hearts 
that compete with You as absolute sovereign of our lives. We confess 
that sometimes we can slip into the idolization of the approval of 
people, the accolades our work can produce, the success that can become 
addictive, the human power that can become a seduction of the 
secondary.
  As we begin this new day, we want to clear out the throne room of our 
hearts and evict all those things that clamor for the first place in 
our lives. We belong first, foremost, and always to You, and are here 
to glorify You by serving our Nation.
  With our priorities clear, we pray in the words of William Cowper:

The dearest idol I have known
  Whatever that idol be
Help me to tear it from Thy throne
  And worship only Thee.

  Amen.

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