[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8937]
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 Lord, the divine Potter of our lives, our days are in Your 
hands. Shape the clay as You have planned. May the day work out exactly 
as You have arranged it for Your glory and our growth. We say with the 
psalmist, ``I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within 
my heart.''--Psalm 40:8. We long to know what is best for our Nation. 
Now at the beginning of the day we commit to You the challenges and 
decisions of this day. We desire to glorify You, so show us what You 
desire. With inspired intentionality, we put our relationship with You 
first and make our primary goal what is best for our Nation. In the 
name of the way, the truth, and the life. Amen.

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