[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, our prayer is not to overcome Your reluctance to help 
us know and do Your will, for You have created us to love, serve, and 
obey Your guidance. Rather, our prayer is to lay hold of Your 
willingness to accomplish Your plans through us. You have told us to 
call on You, to trust You completely, to put You first in our 
priorities, and to express our devotion to You in our patriotism. 
Sometimes, pride blocks our response, and we who want to keep control 
find it difficult to turn the control of our lives over to You. When we 
are self-sufficient, we do not pray; when we are self-satisfied, we 
will not pray; when we are self-righteous, we cannot pray. And yet, 
Father, when we are honest with ourselves, we know that, by ourselves, 
we are insufficient. We admit our profound need for Your presence, Your 
wisdom, and Your solutions to our problems. May this be a great day, 
lived to the fullest, trusting You each step of the way. Through our 
Lord and Savior. Amen.

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