[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Sovereign Lord of our Nation, You have created each of us to know, 
love, and serve You. Thanksgiving is the memory of our hearts and the 
thermostat of our souls, opening us to the inflow of Your Spirit and 
the realization of even greater blessings. You have shown us that 
gratitude is the parent of all other virtues. Without gratitude, our 
lives miss the greatness that you intended and remain proud, self-
centered, and small.
  We begin this day with gratitude for the gifts of life, intellect, 
emotion, will, strength, fortitude, and courage. We are privileged to 
live in this free land so richly blessed by You.
  But we also thank You for the problems that make us dependent on You 
for guidance and strength. When we turned to You in the past, You gave 
us the leadership skills we needed. Thank You, Lord, for taking us 
where we are, with all our human weaknesses, and using us for Your 
glory. May we always be distinguished by the immensity of our gratitude 
for the way You pour out Your wisdom and vision when we call out to You 
for help. We are profoundly grateful. In the name of our Lord and 
Savior. Amen.

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