[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S1257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's opening prayer will be offered by 
Pastor Dave Weigley, President of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in 
the Mid-Atlantic States.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, creator and maker of all, who sits enthroned above the 
earth, and in whom we live, move and have our being, we praise You from 
whom all blessings flow. We thank You for Your sustaining power, for 
peace, for the freedoms we enjoy. We ask Your blessings on our great 
Nation, insightful leaders and dedicated lawmakers.
  Establish their steps and give them discernment and courage to act 
justly, love mercy and walk humbly. Strengthen those who need to be 
uplifted, who are downcast, who need the compassionate touch of a 
brother's or sister's hand. Above all, may Your kingdom come, may Your 
will be done, and may we readily incline our ears to Your call today. 
This we pray in Your holy and righteous Name. Amen.

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