[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 87 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father, we return to the work of this busy month with the words 
and music from the Fourth of July celebration sounding in our souls. We 
pray together today, remembering the first prayer of dependence prayed 
for the delegates to the Continental Congress in 1774 that eventually 
led to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Now that the fireworks 
are over, work in us the fire of that same dependence on You that was 
the secret of truly great leaders throughout our history. We pray for 
the women and men of this Senate. Enlarge their hearts until they are 
big enough to contain the gift of Your Spirit; expand their minds until 
they are capable of thinking Your thoughts; deepen their mutual trust 
so that they can work harmoniously for what is best for this Nation. 
You know all the legislation to be debated and voted on before the 
August recess. Grant the Senators an unprecedented dependence on You, 
an unreserved desire to seek Your will, and an unlimited supply of Your 
supernatural strength.
  Now we move forward into this 223d year of our history as a nation 
with renewed dependence on You and renewed interdependence on one 
another as fellow patriots. Help us to be willing, in the spirit of our 
founders, to stake our reliance on You and pledge our lives, fortunes, 
and sacred honor for the next stage of Your strategy for America.
  Lord of all life, we ask You to intervene and extinguish the fires 
that are sweeping throughout the State of Florida. Be with Senators 
Mack and Graham as they personally comfort and care for the thousands 
whose homes have been destroyed and whose lives have been disrupted. In 
the Name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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