[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5319]
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, think Your thoughts through us today. We want to love You 
with our minds and praise You with our intellects. We seek to be 
riverbeds for the mighty flow of Your wisdom through us. Teach us to 
wait on You, to experience deep calm of soul, and then to receive Your 
guidance. We spread out before You the decisions we must make. Thank 
You in advance for Your guidance. Give us the humility to trust You for 
answers and solutions, and then, grant us the courage to do what time 
alone with You has convinced us must be done. You are the author of all 
truth, the bottomless sea of understanding.
  Send Your Spirit into our minds and illuminate our understanding with 
insight and discernment. We accept the admonition of Proverbs, Incline 
your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; yes, if you 
cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if 
you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 
then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge 
of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and 
understanding.--Proverbs 2:2-6. Amen.

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