[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H647]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Ricky Atkins, Pastor, Courtney Baptist Church, 
Yadkinville, North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, today as this session opens, we pray that Your presence 
will be before us and everyone who serves in the decision-making 
process of our Nation. We pray for direction which will lead our Nation 
to be a strong and unified Nation and continue the legacies of our 
forefathers. May we be granted this day decisions which will be 
pleasing to You and decisions which will change the course of history.
  We pray for all our military personnel. We lift them before You today 
and ask for their protection as they perform their duties. May grace 
abound with them as they, in harm's way, defend our country. We pray 
for those who are in need across our Nation, people who are without the 
basic needs to survive. May they receive relief by Your hand, which 
will be beneficial to them. Guide us this day. Amen.

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