[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7331]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Austin DeLoach, Jr., Pastor, Southside Baptist Church, 
Lakeland, Georgia, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, I come to You thankful for this great country that 
You have blessed us to live in.
  Please keep us ever mindful that freedom only comes with a price and 
cannot be sustained without responsibility.
  Give our Nation wisdom to understand that liberty must be protected 
in part by laws that are grounded in Your truth.
  I come humbly before You today asking You to give this body, the 
Congress of the United States, wisdom and guidance as they fulfill 
their call to serve others through public office.
  According to Your Word, as written in Romans 13:1, You, Lord, have 
ordained government and chosen to work through those who serve. So I 
lift up every man and woman of this Congress to You. Bless their 
families and the people they represent, that these United States may 
serve Your purpose in this world, as the book of Esther says, for such 
a time as this.
  I thank You for hearing this prayer and I ask it in Jesus' name.
  Amen.

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