[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, You open Your heart to us. You assure us of Your 
unqualified and unlimited love. In spite of all the changes in our 
lives, You never change. We hear Your assurance, ``I love you. I will 
never let you go. You are mine. I have chosen and called you to know, 
to love, and to serve Me.''
  In response, we open our hearts to You. We choose to be chosen. We 
accept Your love and forgiveness and turn our lives over to Your 
control. We confess anything we have said or done that deserves Your 
judgment. Cleanse our memory of any failures that would haunt us today 
and give us the courage to act on specific guidance You have given but 
we have been reluctant to put into action. We commit to You our 
families, our friends, and those with whom we work. Help us to 
communicate Your creative delight in each person's uniqueness and 
potential.
  We dedicate this day's work of this Senate. Bless the Senators with a 
renewed sense of Your presence, a rededication of their calling to 
serve You and our Nation, and a reaffirmation of their dependence on 
You. Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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