[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11503]
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, loving Father, You have taught us to give thanks for all 
things, to dread nothing but the loss of closeness with You, and to 
cast all our cares on You. Set us free from timidity when it comes to 
living the absolutes of Your commandments and speaking with the 
authority of Your truth. All around us we see evidence of moral 
confusion. People talk a great deal about values, but many have lost 
their grip on Your standards.
  Help us to be people who live honestly with integrity and 
trustworthiness. We want to be authentic people rather than studied 
caricatures of character. Free us from capricious dissimulations, from 
covered duality, from covert duplicity. Instead of manipulating others 
with power games, help us motivate them with love. Grant us the passion 
that comes from committing our lives to You, the idealism that comes 
from understanding Your guidance, and the inspiration that comes from 
relying on Your spirit as our only source of strength.
  May this be a day for glorifying You through all that we do. Through 
our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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