[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 149 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H8875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 
offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we come into Your presence recognizing that You are 
the one true God, the Lord over all creation.
  Father, today I want to thank You for the men and women in this House 
who so selflessly serve You and serve our Nation. I pray that You would 
bless their work, protect their families, reassure them that they are 
in this place of leadership because You have promoted them here.
  Today, Father, we acknowledge that all of us are here on Earth not to 
do our will but to accomplish Your will. We affirm the words of the 
psalmist who said, ``Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.''
  We confess that no individual, no nation can experience Your favor 
apart from obeying Your commands, following Your principles. Father, I 
pray You would grant these Representatives the wisdom to lead our 
Nation and to do just that, so that we may experience Your blessings 
and not Your judgment.
  We pray all of these things in the name of the One who was born in 
Bethlehem, who died on a cross, and rose again that we might have 
eternal life, Jesus Christ our Lord. It is in His name that we pray.
  Amen.

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