[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 117 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend J. Josh Smith, Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Bogart, 
Georgia, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father,
  We pray this morning the words of Psalm 67: ``God be gracious to us 
and bless us and cause Your face to shine upon us that Your way may be 
known on the Earth, Your salvation among all nations.''
  Father, we humbly acknowledge today how much we need You, how we 
depend on You for everything.
  We acknowledge in desperation how much we need Your grace, wisdom, 
favor, and blessing.
  And although You have already blessed us beyond measure, we 
unashamedly ask You for more of Your blessing, not for our benefit 
alone, but that through us and through every decision that is made in 
this place, all people and all nations might come to know Your love, 
grace, kindness, mercy, and salvation.
  We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ, who died so that 
those who trust and follow Him might live forever.
  Amen.

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