[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Sovereign God, our Help in all the ups and downs of life, all the 
triumphs and defeats of political life, and all the changes and 
challenges of leadership, You are our Lord in all seasons and for all 
reasons. We can come to You when life makes us glad or sad. There is no 
circumstance beyond Your control. Wherever we go, You are there waiting 
for us. You are already at work with people before we encounter them. 
You prepare solutions for our complexities, and You are always ready to 
help us resolve conflicts even before we ask. We claim Your promise 
given through Jeremiah: ``I have plans for you: plans for good and not 
evil, to give you a future and a hope'' (Jeremiah 29:11).
  Lord, we want to do our work this day so that we will hear You say, 
``Well done, good and faithful servant.'' Our only goal is to please 
You in what we say and accomplish. Bless the Senators in the decisions 
they make and the votes they cast. Give them, and all of us who work 
with them, Your strength to endure and Your courage to triumph in 
things great and small that we may attempt the good of all. In Your 
holy Name. Amen.

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