[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. D. James Kennedy, Coral Ridge Presbyterian 
Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL, offered the following prayer:
  May we pray.
  Almighty and most loving Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for this day. 
We thank Thee for this Nation, this goodly land in which You have 
placed us. And I thank You for this Senate which bears the awesome 
responsibility of guiding and directing the affairs of this Nation. And 
I pray this day Your blessing upon every Member of this body, upon 
their wives, or husbands, upon their children, their families. I pray 
that You would give them Your guidance and Your wisdom and discernment 
that all that they do may be done for the betterment of our Nation and 
for the glory of God.
  We pray, O Lord, that You will be with them in their efforts this 
day. Help them in all that they do, and use it all for Your glory.
  This prayer I bring in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, 
Amen.

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