[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H7997]
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                                 Senate

The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on 
Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 10 a.m.




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                        House of Representatives

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Martin B. Lavengood, Wesley Enhanced Living at 
Evangelical Manor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, we thank You for giving us the means to govern ourselves as 
free people. Keep us ever mindful of the rights and liberties which 
hallow our life. Watch over and protect all those who serve to defend 
them.
  We pray especially for our Representatives who serve in this Chamber. 
Endow them with Your wisdom to choose the issues we must face; give 
them the courage and the strength to make the difficult decisions; fill 
them with Your charity that they may enter into a spirit of compromise; 
give them the grace to work for the higher good in their deliberations 
with other bodies. In all their efforts, may they remember both the 
rich and the poor whom they are called to serve; shield them from the 
temptations of power which beckon incessantly; and at the end of the 
day may they enter into Your rest, Lord God of Hosts.
  Amen.

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