[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S865]
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 planned perfectly for the balance of our 
listening and speaking. Help us to do both well. You have called us to 
listen to You in prayerful meditation on Your truth revealed in the 
Bible. You also speak through Your Spirit to our inner being. Sometimes 
You shout to our conscience; other times it is a still small voice that 
whispers to our souls. The world around us asks, ``Is there any word 
from the Lord? What does He want? Is what we are doing in plumb with 
His plans?''
  When we have listened to You, what we have to say cuts to the core of 
issues. We are decisive and bold. Our voices ring with reality and 
relevance.
  The psalmist longed for this equipoise. He prayed, ``Let the words of 
my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O 
Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.''--Psalm 19:14.
  Bless the men and women of this Senate with the grace to hear Your 
voice and then speak with an echo of Your guidance and wisdom.
  Now we join our hearts in intercession for the people of central 
Florida whose homes and communities have been devastated by tornados. 
Bless Senators Bob Graham and Connie Mack as they care for their 
people. Especially, be with those families that have lost loves ones. 
Comfort and strengthen them. Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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