[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 108 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  With Your goodness to us that is so freely given we place before You, 
O God, our personal petitions and pray that You would give strength 
when we are weak, heal us when we are hurt, forgive us when we miss the 
mark and encourage us to hear Your word and receive Your grace. We are 
grateful for so much and yet our needs are great, so we ask in this our 
prayer that Your spirit would abide in our hearts and Your presence 
live deep in our souls. May we be the people You would have us be and 
do those things that honor You and serve people everywhere. This is our 
earnest prayer. Amen.

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