[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3637]
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:
  Holy God, bless these next weeks that lie ahead of us. In this time 
when resources are highly contested and the premise on which decisions 
are made are highly charged, grant us Your infinite wisdom and careful 
guidance.
  Give us Your vision that we would keep our eyes straight ahead, our 
gaze fixed before us, that our priority would be what You would have us 
see: Your perfect will for us and for this country.
  Then enable us to give careful thought to the paths our feet must 
take, that our steps would be firmly planted in Your truth.
  Protect us from being derailed by foolish impulse or fall wayward 
from our misjudgment.
  But cause us to be steadfast in our ways, that we would align with 
Your will, and our certainty would be grounded in faithfulness to You.
  Lord, our sight, our walk, our actions, and decisions are so easily 
influenced by whim and worry. May this day, we remain committed to You.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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