[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S1847]
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 God, we are astonished that You have chosen to do Your work 
through us and to use prayer to reorient our minds around Your guidance 
for the issues before this Senate. We exclaim with the psalmist, ``You 
are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for Your name's sake, lead me 
and guide me.''--Psalm 31:3. Suddenly we see our prayer for guidance in 
a whole new perspective. Prayer is not just for our success, but for 
Your sake; it is the way You orient us toward Your plans that will 
glorify Your name. We seek Your strength, not only for what we want, 
but for guidance to want what You think is best. You shape our 
thinking, direct our actions, create deeper trust in one another, so we 
can get on with Your agenda for America. You are the Instigator of 
prayer, the Inspiration for innovative thinking, the Initiator of 
boldness, so that we can live and lead with courage. May this day be 
filled with magnificent moments of turning to You, so that we may move 
forward for Your glory and not our own. For Your name's sake. Amen.

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