[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8155]
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.
  O God of love, may Your presence fill our lawmakers with Your wisdom 
and power. May Your wisdom lead them away from the pitfalls of delayed 
obedience so that they will seek to promptly do Your will. Lord, make 
them a source of strength. Direct their actions; motivate their hearts, 
as they seek to begin this day with an unreserved commitment to You. 
God, give them Your supernatural power, wisdom, and guidance, for You 
know them, their needs, their motives, their hopes, and their fears.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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