[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S599]
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Senate

  The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was called to order by the President 
pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).
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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, our loving, forgiving Lord of new beginnings, we 
listen intently to Your assurance spoken through Jeremiah, ``I have 
loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I 
have drawn you.''--Jeremiah 31:3.
  We begin this day with these amazing words sounding in our souls. Can 
they be true? You judge our sins and forgive us. Your grace is 
indefatigable. It is magnetic; it draws us out of remorse or 
recrimination into reconciliation. You draw us to Yourself and we 
receive healing and hope.
  Now we are ready to live life to the fullest. We are secure in You 
and therefore can work with freedom and joy. We know Your commandments 
are as irrevocable as Your love is irresistible. We have the strength 
to live Your absolutes for abundant life. We accept Elijah's challenge, 
``Choose this day whom You will serve,'' and Jesus' mandate, ``Set your 
mind on God's kingdom before everything else!''--Matt 6:33;NEV. In His 
powerful name. Amen.

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