[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 77 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  God of hope, make us hopeful thinkers. Hope through us for Your best 
for the future of America. Often we are infected by negative thinking 
when we calculate the possible without Your power. Continued conflict 
over legislation can result in weariness.
  We know that authentic hope is based on Your faithfulness and the 
memory of how You have intervened to help us in the past. Help us to 
take a backward look to Your past blessings, an upward look to Your 
grace, and a forward look to the future, expecting the ways You will 
help us solve problems and grasp potentials. You are a God of progress. 
You abhor plateaus; You make us bold to claim Your vision. Help the 
Senators to exemplify the uplifting strength of hope this week. Through 
our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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