[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 110 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7295]
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:
  Of all Your blessings that touch our hearts, O God, and of all the 
gifts with which You sanctify the issues we face, we pray that from our 
lips will come words of thanksgiving and praise and from our hands 
deeds of gratitude and appreciation. In the Psalms we read that we are 
to serve You with gladness and come before Your presence with singing 
and thanksgiving.
  Grant, O loving God, that whatever our circumstance or place in life, 
we will remember to begin our days with words of praise and end each 
night in the spirit of thanksgiving. With hearts of gratitude, we pray. 
Amen.

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