[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Scott Rambo, First Baptist Church, Sugar Land, Texas, 
offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray together. Father, we come before You this morning, 
thanking You so much for all the blessings that You give us in life. I 
thank You for the privilege of being an American citizen and for the 
honor of being able to pray for the men and women who lead our country. 
I pray Your blessings and Your wisdom upon them as they lead us.
  Father, as I reflect on the images of the great lawgivers whose faces 
are all around the walls of this Chamber, Father, my attention is 
focused on Moses, the only lawgiver whose full face is shown. Father, 
when I think about that and know that his full face is shown because he 
is the only lawgiver who received his law directly from You and not 
from man, I am reminded that our ultimate authority for all of life is 
You.
  Lord, I pray Your success formula for our Nation today. Father, You 
tell us in Your word that if we will humble ourselves and pray and seek 
Your face and turn from our wicked ways, then You will hear our 
prayers, You will forgive our sins, and You will heal our land.
  Father, I ask that You help us to humble ourselves before You and 
turn from any wickedness that may be in our lives. Father, I pray as we 
do that, You will hear our prayers and heal our land. Grant us the 
strength and courage to follow You every day.
  Again, I thank You so much for the blessings and the grace and mercy 
that You give us every day. I pray Your blessings on this day and all 
that takes place in this House. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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