[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 140 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S12655]
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 commit this day to You. By Your grace, You have 
brought us to the end of another workweek. Yet there is still so much 
more to do today. There are votes to cast, speeches to give, and loose 
ends to be tied. In the weekly rush of things, it is so easy to live 
with ``horizontalism,'' dependent only on our own strength and focused 
on what others can do for us or with us. Today, we lift our eyes to 
behold Your glory, our hearts to be filled with Your love, joy, and 
peace, and our bodies, worn with the demanding schedule of the past 
week, to be replenished.
  Fill the wills of our soul with Your strength and our intellects with 
fresh inspiration. We know that trying to work for You will wear us 
out, but allowing You to work through us will keep us fit and vital. 
Now, here are our minds, enlighten them; here are our souls, empower 
them; here are our wills, quicken them; here are our bodies, infuse 
them with energy. You are our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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