[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 72 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4419]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Rick Astle, Director of Missions, Waccamaw Baptist 
Association, Conway, South Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father in heaven, on this National Day of Prayer, we confess that 
Your way is perfect, Your Word is proven, and You are a shield to all 
who trust in You.
  Make today a day when men are willing to repent of sin and to look to 
You for guidance, for Your seat is not on one side or the other of an 
aisle, but on the throne of heaven.
  Interrupt the strategies of hate forming even now, such as what has 
manifested from Columbine to Virginia Tech, from Oklahoma City to 
Ground Zero.
  Lord Jesus, each of our elected officials, locally and nationally, 
are on our hearts today, along with each man and woman in our Armed 
Forces and their families. Bless and protect them, Lord.
  Pour out Your spirit today, that we may be assured that You are still 
blessing America.
  I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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