[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Pastor Ethan Magness, First Christian Church, Johnson City, 
Tennessee, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we come to You in need of Your sovereign love, for Your 
power exceeds all human power, Your authority exceeds all human 
authority, and Your government will stand when all human governments 
have passed into history.
  We come to You in confession of our weakness and sin, for we have 
sought too often our own power. We have fought too selfishly for our 
own glory. We have clung too tightly to our desires and our factions 
and our plans.
  We come to You seeking the strength to repent. Turn us to Your wisdom 
instead of our own. Turn us to honesty instead of falsehood. Turn us to 
humility and service instead of pride and self-seeking.
  We come to You for a blessing. Like Jacob, we cling to You and will 
not let go until You have blessed us, for You are good and gracious and 
loving, and in You, we put our trust.
  Amen.

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