[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 9 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S531]
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, You have shown us the power of an unreserved 
commitment. We prayerfully personalize the promise of the psalmist, 
``We commit our way to You, Lord. We also trust in You, and You will 
bring Your plans to pass. We rest in Your word, and wait patiently for 
You'' (Psalm 37:5,7). In all the challenges of life, we've discovered 
that Solomon was right, ``Commit your works to the Lord and your 
thoughts will be established'' (Proverbs 16:3). Over and over again, 
You have responded to our commitment to solve problems by providing us 
with clarity of thought and ingenious solutions.
  You have revealed that commitment is the key to opening the floodgate 
for the inflow of Your Spirit. It is as if You set all of the angels in 
heaven, all the people who serve You on Earth, and the confluence of 
circumstances to help us. Unexpected blessings happen; coincident 
events occur; people respond; and the tangled mess of details is 
untangled. Amazed, we look back to the moment when we gave up and You 
took over; when we let go and You took hold; when we rested in You and 
You replenished our strength. Lord, help us to commit ourselves, our 
problems, and our hopes and dreams to You. In the name of Jesus who 
prayed, ``Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.'' Amen.

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