[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 120 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8957]
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                                 Senate

Friday, September 20, 2002
  The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable 
Thomas R. Carper, a Senator from the State of Delaware.
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                                 Prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we claim Your promise: ``I will not forget you. See, I 
have inscribed you on the palms of my hands.'' So with confidence we 
pray the ancient Hebrew childhood prayer from the 31st Psalm: ``Father, 
into Your hands I commit my spirit.'' As we pray that prayer, we get 
ourselves off our own hands and into Your strong, competent hands. We 
take each of the fears in our jumbled mass of worries and concerns and 
commit them to You. You have promised to keep us in perfect peace, if 
we allow You to keep our minds stayed on You. Interrupt us when we get 
too busy and remind us that we are here to serve You. When we forget 
You, remind us that You never forget or forsake us. May that awesome 
assurance steady our course and fill our sails with the wind of Your 
power. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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