[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S2767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, most holy, in whom we live and dwell and have our 
being, we praise You and lift our hearts in gratitude. Hear our 
intercession for the Members of this body.
  Lead our lawmakers as You led Your people once by a pillar of cloud 
through the day and a pillar of fire by night. Give our Senators more 
love and more self-denial. Make them kindly in thought, gentle in 
words, and generous in deeds. Teach them that it is better to give than 
to receive; better to forget themselves than to put themselves forward; 
better to serve than to be served. Give them the ability to discern the 
difference between the truth and the false as they test the issues 
through debates and hold fast to that which is good. Keep them close to 
You and open to each other as they serve You and country today. And 
unto You, the God of love, be all the glory and praise both now and for 
evermore. Amen.

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