[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 96 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S7949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's prayer will be offered by the 
Reverend Ed Sears, Grace Baptist Temple, Winston-Salem, NC.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray together.
  Our Father and our God, as we assemble today in the Senate Chamber, 
we do so with a keen sense of awareness of our special need of You. Our 
Nation has a rich history of Your many blessings, and we ask for those 
blessings to continue upon us. May Your presence be felt, and may Your 
hand of divine provision be realized.
  In this awesome assembly today, give to each person wisdom and 
understanding for the times that are at hand. With the rich bounty of 
our history and the awesome opportunities of this present hour, may we 
move into this day with a special sense of Your call.
  With our confidence in You and our responsibility to each other, we 
invite Your guidance and direction in the affairs of state this day. In 
times of debate and difference, may we remember that at the end of the 
day we are, indeed, ``one nation under God.''
  Protect those who serve the cause of freedom around our world, 
especially those serving in our Armed Forces.
  May the love of God the Father, the grace and mercy of the Lord 
Jesus, and the communion of Thy spirit rest upon the Members of this 
Senate as they gather to conduct our Nation's business. In Jesus's 
Name. Amen.

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