[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 30 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord of our Lives, our prayer this morning is to report in for duty. 
We know it makes a great difference how we think about You and how we 
conceive of our relationship with You. You are our supreme commander, 
we are Your servants. Throughout the Bible, the truly great men and 
women regarded the name ``Servant of God'' as a description of their 
highest calling. Patriarchs, priests, prophets, and disciples bore the 
distinguished title of servants. The psalmist urgently calls us to 
``Serve the Lord with gladness.''--Psalm 100:2. That's our purpose 
today. As Senators, officers of the Senate, and staff, we all renew our 
commitment to serve You in our work in government. We are not here to 
be served but to serve. May no challenge be too momentous nor any 
assignment too menial for us as Your servants. Our security and esteem 
are not in titles, positions, power, or turf but in being Your 
servants, working for Your glory and the good of America. May it be so 
today, Sovereign Master of our Lives. Amen.

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