[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6013]
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.
  Holy Father, we come into Your presence today to look at ourselves as 
we are and to seek Your power to become what You would have us be. 
Search our hearts and empower us to do Your will.
  Encourage our lawmakers to fulfill Your purposes for the glory of 
Your Name. Move mightily in their hearts and align them with Your 
kingdom perspective. As blessings flow when Your will is done, let them 
not take credit for what Your sovereign hand accomplishes on our 
behalf.
  Today, and through the days of this week, call us to You that we may 
be transformed from mere followers to true servants of Your kingdom. We 
pray in Your everlasting Name. Amen.

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