[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Wayne Jenkins, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father, I lift to You the Members of Congress, their staff 
members, their spouses and their children. I pray that You draw them 
into personal relationship with You today. Reveal Yourself to them. 
Fill them with Your Holy Spirit.
  By the authority of Jesus Christ, cast out all dark and evil spirits. 
Allow no influence to come near to them except that which is first 
filtered through the light of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Cover them with 
the blood of Christ. Seal them with the cross of Christ. Redeem them by 
Your grace. Transform them by Your power. Teach them by Your wisdom. 
Unite them by Your love. Lead them by Your purpose. Focus them on Your 
vision. Remind them of their total dependence upon You. Sustain them by 
Your word. Sanctify them for Your Holy Service. Encourage them by Your 
counsel. Protect them by Your sovereignty.
  Father, I entrust them to You and I pray this prayer through Your 
Son, Jesus Christ. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy 
Spirit, Amen.

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