[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 68 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, You have ordained that there is one decision we must make 
every day. It is the most crucial decision in the midst of all the 
other decisions we will be called to make. We hear Elijah's challenge, 
``Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.''--Joshua 24:15b.
  You have given us the freedom to choose whom we will serve today. We 
want to renew our decision to serve You as the only Lord of our lives. 
We know that without this decisive intentionality, we will drift into 
secondary loyalties. You entrust Your strength, gifts of leadership, 
and vision to those who start each day with a fresh decision to do 
everything for Your glory and according to Your specific guidance. In 
the quiet of this moment we make our decision to worship You with our 
work. You alone are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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