[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Jim Congdon, Pastor, Topeka Bible Church, Topeka, 
Kansas, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we pause this morning to give You thanks.
  We thank You for another day to live and work in the United States.
  We thank You for Your Word, which teaches us righteousness and 
justice and equity.
  We thank You for giving us a system of government that honors our 
dignity and checks our depravity.
  We repent for the spirit of self-sufficiency that tells us we do not 
need You and the spirit of arrogance that tells us we do not need 
others.
  On this first day of May, dear Father, we make a new commitment to 
live our Nation's motto, In God We Trust.
  For You are the rock of our salvation.
  You are our hiding place in times of terror.
  You are the truth in whom we can rely.
  Our Nation needs a third great spiritual awakening. May it begin here 
with each of us.
  Bless these men and women who represent America. Bless them in their 
deliberations to seek and find Your wisdom, that Thy will be done on 
earth as it is in heaven.
  Hear our prayer, for You are our Lord and savior. Amen.

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