[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  Sovereign Lord, help us to see our work here in government as our 
divine calling, our mission. Whatever we are called to do today, we 
want to do our very best for Your glory. Our desire is not just to do 
different things, but to do the same old things differently: with 
freedom, joy and excellence. Give us new delight for matters of 
drudgery, new patience for people who are difficult, new zest for 
unfinished details. Be our lifeline in the pressures of deadlines, our 
rejuvenation in routines, and our endurance whenever we feel exhausted. 
May we spend more time talking to You about issues than we do talking 
to others about issues. So may our communion with You give us deep 
convictions and high courage to defend them. Spirit of the living God, 
fall afresh on us so we may serve with fresh dedication today. In the 
Lord's Name. Amen.

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