[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We admit, O gracious God, that we strive to know Your love, but we 
realize in our hearts that we miss the mark; we confess that we seek to 
do Your will in our lives, but we know in our hearts that we often 
fail; we acknowledge that we aspire to obey Your commandments, but in 
our hearts we can follow a selfish path. O God of Gods and Creator of 
all the world, breath into us a new spirit of faith and hope and love 
that we will be the people You would have us be and do those good works 
that honor You and serve people in their need. In Your name, we pray. 
Amen.

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