[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 125 (Tuesday, August 5, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by Rev. Adam 
Briddell, Associate Pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church, 
Washington, DC.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Holy God, we give You thanks for the abundance of Your blessings and 
the promise You have made to Your people--a promise to never fail or 
forsake us. So You have sent Your Spirit, a spirit of truth, courage, 
grace, and love; a spirit that calls us together in fellowship because 
we are so much stronger when we are united and not divided.
  May Your Spirit be at work in the hearts of the men and women of this 
great Chamber. May all find the courage to choose Your righteousness 
over self-righteousness. Let Your truth inspire us to great acts of 
grace and love. This day and every day may we be found faithful to who 
You are and who You are calling us to be.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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