[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Johnny Hunt, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Heavenly Father, we are grateful for the life that You have so 
blessed us with and for health and strength to enjoy it. Lord, thank 
You for the privilege to pray for President Bush, Vice President 
Cheney, their Cabinet, and their families. Lord, I pray for this 
Congress that You would grant them wisdom.
  Lord, thank You for this great country and for the freedom we enjoy. 
Please bless, protect, strengthen, and encourage our troops in Iraq, 
Afghanistan, and other places of service around the world. And please 
bless their precious families and protect them.
  We join the Puritans of old and ask, ``Deliver us from the natural 
darkness of our minds, from the corruption of our hearts, from the 
temptation to which we are exposed, from the daily snares that tempt 
us. I realize that we are in constant danger while in this life. Let 
Your watchful eye ever be upon us for our defense.
  Lord, we love You and need You. Help us to lead others in the way You 
have led us. We make our prayer in the name above every name, the name 
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
  Amen.

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