[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Gene Arey, New Harvest Ministry, Waynesboro, Virginia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Father God, we acknowledge You as the Ruler of all nations and we 
pray for peace and justice in our world.
  We pray First Timothy 2:1-4, ``I exhort, therefore, that, first of 
all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be 
made for all men; for kings; and for all that are in authority; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For 
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who will 
have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.''
  Father, I pray for our President and the First Lady. Bless them this 
day and give them the wisdom to do all that is set before them.
  I pray for these Representatives, to have the wisdom of God to 
accomplish all that is set before them to do. Bless them for their 
commitment to serve the people of our Nation and carry out their 
duties.
  Father, in Jesus' Name I call this United States of America blessed 
in Jesus' Name.
  God bless America. Amen.

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