[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 91 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we claim Your promise, ``I will not forget You. See, I 
have inscribed You on the palms of my hands.''--Isaiah 49:16. So with 
confidence we pray the ancient Hebrew childhood prayer, ``Father, into 
Your hand I commit my spirit.''--Psalm 31:5. As we pray that prayer we 
get ourselves off our own hands and into Your strong and competent 
hands. We take each of the fears in our jumbled mass of worries and 
concerns and surrender them to You. You have promised to keep us in 
perfect peace if we allow You to keep our minds stayed on You. 
Interrupt us when we get too busy and remind us that we are here to 
serve You. When we forget You, remind us that You never forget or 
forsake us. May that awesome assurance steady our course and fill our 
sails with the wind of Your power. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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