[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4309]
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:
  Eternal God, we come looking for You, longing for Your deliverance, 
straining to hear Your promises. We approach You in prayer, waiting, 
perhaps even desperate, to hear a word from You.
  How long must we endure before we receive Your comfort?
  How long must we wait before we are assured of Your help?
  Speak Your word of hope.
  There are many who would fill the silence with their own words of 
pride and arrogance, lies and falsehoods.
  When will You show judgment on their unfaithfulness?
  Speak Your word of truth.
  Those who persecute, jeer, and abuse without cause have consumed our 
energy and sapped us of strength. Speak Your word of comfort.
  May we refuse to yield to the pressure to turn away from Your 
decrees. May we obey Your statutes and not forsake our trust in You. 
Speak Your word of guidance.
  In Your mercy, revive us. Speak Your life-giving word.
  O God, speak into this day and in all that it presents us, for we 
hope to hear Your word of love.
  For it is in Your word that we find our strength and in Your name we 
pray.
  Amen.

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