[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H311]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Dr. Michael J. Easley, Senior Pastor, Immanuel Bible 
Church, Springfield, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray. Creator, Sovereign, Lord of all, help us. Though we do 
not deserve it, we humbly ask for Your mercy; that You bless this 
country we dearly love.
  Protect us from our enemies. We ask not merely for ourselves but for 
our children. We ask not merely for our children but for their 
children.
  Protect us from ourselves. May we never exercise the strength of 
tyrants, misuse talents entrusted to us, or lord over those allotted to 
our charge.
  We pray for this House and all it represents; for our men and women 
overseas, keeping an oath that they swore; for their families who keep 
watch and pray; for all who lead, govern and serve; for our marriages, 
our families; for common sense; for moral restraint to keep Your 
covenants.
  Faithful God, we thank You. Thank You that You look at us and see 
Your son's work, and thank You that You even hear our prayers.
  In Jesus' name, Amen.

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