[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Neil D. Smith, Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 
Alexandria, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, from whom all blessings flow and to whom all praise 
belongs, acknowledging both our dependence upon You and our 
accountability to You, we ask Your blessings upon this House and all 
our Nation's leaders as they carry out their duties under Your 
sovereign rule.
  Grant to the Members of this body both the wisdom to know what is 
right in Your eyes and the resolve to do it.
  Lead them in the paths of righteousness and truth for Your name's 
sake, so that they may serve Your purposes in this generation.
  May Your grace abound to them in both their personal and public lives 
so that in all things, at all times, having all that they need, they 
may abound in every good work.
  This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who is before all things 
and in whom all things hold together.
  Amen.

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