[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Mike Landry, Sarasota Baptist Church, Sarasota, Florida, offered 
the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, I approach Your throne on behalf of a Nation that 
desperately needs You. We are faced with much division and disunity in 
our land, and we request Your healing and reconciling touch. We thank 
You that You are not a spectator God who sits in Heaven unconcerned and 
uncaring.
  We acknowledge that the greatness of our Nation is due to Your 
blessing and provision. And we know that You have blessed us in order 
that we might be a blessing to other nations. We understand that to 
whomever much is given, much will be required.
  Father, grant these legislative leaders wisdom and courage to make 
decisions today that honor You. May Your will be done on Earth, just as 
it is in Heaven.
  Pour out Your grace and protect the marriages and families of these, 
our Nation's leaders.
  I offer this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.
  Amen.

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