[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 136 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Bishop Phillip H. Porter, of All Nation 
Pentecostal Center Church of God in Christ, Aurora, CO, offered the 
following prayer:
  Lord God of all grace, mercy and providence, lest we fail of the 
privilege, responsibility, and favor You have bestowed upon us, we 
beseech You early. You who are before all things also know the call and 
cause of this day, its duties and deliberations. We therefore present 
ourselves before Your throne that You may so anoint us, that we 
servants of the power granted only by You may be filled with Your 
spirit, even to the overflowing for the good of Your people, our fellow 
citizens.
  Out of Your wholeness our Father, I ask that same attention for the 
soul, body, and spirit of these men and women of this great Senate. Our 
wholeness emanates from You. For their spouses, children, 
grandchildren, and constituents, we extend these blessings.
  And because of the extraordinary gathering of holy men who will be 
here present, this Saturday coming, by the divine hand of Your dear Son 
and according to Proverbs 11:11, ``By the blessings of the upright the 
city is exalted,'' we cast the enemy from the mind and yield to Your 
holy spirit's presence and power. Be glorified in us, O God, our 
Father.

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