[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Johann Arnold, Church Communities International, Rifton, 
New York, offered the following prayer:
  Lord, we thank Thee for another day and for another chance to serve 
Thee and our beloved Nation.
  Before Thee we are like little children who do not know how to carry 
out our duties. Therefore, we ask, like King Solomon, not for long 
life, not for wealth for ourselves, not for the death of our enemies, 
but for discernment to administer justice and to distinguish between 
right and wrong. Let us together heed the words of the Apostle John: 
``If we love one another, God dwelleth in us.'' Let us hope that this 
spirit will become the order of the day right here in Washington.
  We pray for our President, for our Madam Speaker, and for all our 
brothers and sisters in the House and in the Senate, for our servicemen 
and -women and their families. We pray for our beloved Nation. May it 
always be under the rulership of God. Amen.

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