[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 34 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  We are grateful, O merciful God, that You are with us wherever we are 
and whatever we do. We know that Your spirit gives us forgiveness for 
the ways of our past, direction for the path ahead, and the comforting 
assurance that we are never alone.
  We gain strength from the words of the Psalmist:
  ``Be still, and know that I am God,
  I am exalted among the nations,
  I am exalted in the Earth.
  The Lord of hosts is with us;
  The God of Jacob is our refuge.''
  May Your good word, O God, be with all Your people, and give them the 
peace and confidence that You alone can give. In Your name we pray. 
Amen.

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