[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8113]
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 God, Sovereign of our land and source of courage, we thank 
You that You know our needs before we ask for Your help, but have 
ordained that in the asking we would find release from the anxiety of 
carrying the burdens of leadership on our own shoulders. Help us to 
remember that You are the instigator of prayer. It begins with You, 
moves into our hearts, gives us the clarity of knowing how to pray, and 
then returns to You in petitions You have refined and guided us to ask. 
We are astonished that You have chosen to do Your work through us and 
use prayer to reorient our minds around Your guidance for the issues we 
will face today. We say with the psalmist, ``You are my rock and my 
fortress; therefore, for Your name's sake, lead me and guide me.''--
Psalm 31:3.
  Suddenly, we see prayer in a whole new perspective. It's the method 
by which You brief us on Your plans and bless us with Your power. May 
this whole day be filled with magnificent moments of turning to You so 
that Your purposes, Your glory and honor in America, may be done 
through us. Give us vision to be dynamic leaders. In the all-powerful 
name of our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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