[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 118 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Almighty God, remember us. Remember the promises You have made to 
Your people throughout time. Always You have given us cause for hope 
when we have listened to You.
  Because of Your past mercies, we pray today that we would be certain 
of Your comfort in our troubles. When all around us seems to drown out 
Your words, we pray we find strength when we listen for Your voice. In 
the words You speak, we place our trust.
  Quicken us once again; refresh and revive us on our pilgrimage 
through this life.
  When we are faced with derision, may we not respond with indignation.
  As we wander from one experience to the next and the counsel of 
others causes confusion, may we not be confounded.
  Wherever we find ourselves, may Your love be our guide and Your grace 
our source of joy.
  Then may our hearts and minds be filled with thoughts of You, 
inspiring and compelling us to sing songs of blessing and comfort. 
Bless, then, our melody that somehow it would be a blessing for others.
  In the promise of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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