[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6477]
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.
  Almighty God, our Lord, how excellent is Your Name in all the Earth. 
Today, open the hearts of our lawmakers to what You have done, are 
doing, and will do for those who love You. As they remember how You led 
our Nation in the past, increase their optimism regarding what the 
future can bring. Help them to remember that even when wrong seems very 
strong, You continue to rule and that Your sovereignty will prevail.
  Give us this day our daily bread, not only of physical renewal but of 
spiritual sustenance, lest our souls starve in the far country of 
neglect or indulgence.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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