[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 66 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, who has said, ``Judgment is Mine!'', forgive us when we 
play god by assuming the right to judge people's ultimate worth on the 
basis of their positions on issues. We confess the judgmentalism that 
renders others as good or bad people on the basis of their ideas. 
Forgive any cowardice that steps back from debate of convictions and 
hides behind condemnation of character. Jesus said,
  ``Judge not that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, 
you will be judged . . .''--Matthew 7: 1-2.
  The men and women of this Senate have two things in common as they 
begin this week: They all are conscientious about their crucial 
leadership role; and they all want what is best for our Nation. Now 
create in all of them a dominant desire to seek Your guidance and will. 
May their hourly prayer be, ``Show me, reveal to us, Your way.'' In 
response, express Your direction for the Nation. In the name of our 
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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