[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 173 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8197]
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.
  God of grace and glory, on Your people place Your power. As we turn 
our hands and hearts in grateful praise to You, use us for Your glory.
  Touch our Senators. Lift them from valleys of pessimism as You fill 
them with Your abiding hope. Prepare them to receive Your best gifts, 
helping them to remember that You are able to do more than they can ask 
for or imagine.
  Thank You that You are the beginner of our yesterdays, the mystery of 
our today, and the hope for our tomorrows.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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