[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by Dr. 
Tommy Middleton, director of the Baptist Association of Greater Baton 
Rouge, from Baton Rouge, LA.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Good morning. Let's pray.
  Father, we are grateful for this life and health and strength that 
You have given us so that we may serve You and serve others, so 
thankful for Your hand of blessing and favor that is rested upon this 
Nation. And, O God, may that continue.
  So, Lord, we pray for these Senators, that, Lord, You would give them 
wisdom in the decisions they make and the crafting of legislation; 
Lord, that You would give them compassion as they deal with others--
fellow Senators, legislators, elected officials, constituents; and that 
You would give them courage to make decisions based upon truth. 
Although there might be opposition, Lord, may they stay people of 
truth. Father, I do pray that You give them discernment so that in the 
deliberations they make, they will judge a righteous judgment.
  Finally, O Lord, that we would walk in humility, realizing that the 
decisions we make, the course of our walk, our actions in our lives 
will be judged by those who have elected us here, but more than that, 
we will be judged by You, Almighty God.
  Lord, we pray, we desire, we seek Your help, and, as Your Word says, 
our help is in the Name of the Lord, the maker of Heaven and Earth, and 
in that Name, the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

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