[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3918]
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:
  Heavenly Creator, author and giver of our lives, we dare to approach 
You this morning with our prayers, knowing in faith that You are 
receptive to our requests and in Your mercy will attend to our needs.
  And so we ask, that You would answer. We ask for Your favor as we 
bring before You our need for guidance, patience, and direction. Answer 
us with Your voice of clarity, Your calming presence, a sign to lead us 
forward in the way You would have us go.
  We seek. We seek Your wisdom as we approach delicate and complex 
issues. May we find our way into the heart of each matter, that 
prejudices and politics would be left behind and Your truth would 
reveal itself to us.
  Lord, we knock on doors that seem closed to conversation and 
compromise. Open for us opportunities wherein we discover room for 
growth and cooperation, and may the doors of our own hearts be 
encouraged to open to possibilities we may be reluctant to consider.
  To You who can do infinitely more than we could ever ask or imagine, 
we ask, we seek, we knock, that You in Your infinite mercy would give 
us this day what we need.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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