[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 132 (Thursday, September 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Clark Johnson, First Southern Baptist Church, Topeka, 
Kansas, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, we begin our day by humbly thanking You for Your love, from 
which comes the blessings of life. Among those blessings, none seems 
more important or more needed to this legislative body than the gift of 
wisdom.
  We pray that each Member of this Congress will seek the wisdom that 
comes from You. We are thankful for the leaders who use that wisdom to 
discern direction and implement the right course of action to enrich 
the lives of the citizens they represent. And I pray for them 
personally, the demands made upon them, the heavy burdens and 
responsibility, the lifestyle interruptions, that they will physically, 
mentally, and emotionally remain steadfast to the task.
  Lord, we collectively lift our Nation to You, that it will be a 
blessing to You and to those to whom we're involved with throughout the 
world.
  It is in the name of Jesus that we pray.
  Amen.

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