[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  Rev. Bruce Frank, Biltmore Baptist Church, Arden, North Carolina, 
offered the following prayer:
  Dear Heavenly Father, we call on You today as the sovereign, 
almighty, Holy God who can heal our land.
  You have said that if wisdom is lacking, ask and You will give it. 
And so we're asking for wisdom this day. I pray for these congressional 
leaders. Pray You would fill them with wisdom on what to do. Pray You 
would give them the courage to do just that.
  Pray You surround them with people who will speak truth into their 
ears and who will place principle above temporary favor. You have said, 
``Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord.''
  Pray You give us a recognition of our inadequacy for the task at hand 
and a dependence to carry out that task, for You have said, God resists 
the proud, but You give grace to the humble, and we're asking for grace 
today.
  You are a God who abhors dishonest scales. Grant a determination to 
do the people's business with the utmost of integrity and remind us 
daily of our accountability to You for the service that we give.
  May the words that are written behind me ``In God We Trust'' be true 
this day, in the name of my God and my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, I 
pray.
  Amen.

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