[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4521]
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, deal with us according to Your love, and by Your grace 
transform all that we set forth to do this day. Reveal Your loving 
kindness to us. Direct our steps; give us evidence of Your mercy that 
we would be compelled to follow Your commands and live according to 
Your law.
  It is clearly time, O Lord, for You to act. We are beholden to Your 
faithful promises to step in on our behalf. Your law is being broken. 
Your gracious design for peace in our land is being overwhelmed by acts 
of terrorism. And Your desire for unity is being undermined by seeds of 
spite and doubt.
  When all around us threatens to subvert even our most noble efforts, 
may we appreciate that as Your servants we must yield our whole selves 
to the way You would have us go.
  When our own eyes fail and we long for Your salvation, may we have 
faith enough in Your mercy to know that You will give us Your vision.
  And when we are depleted of energy and ideas, may we trust that You 
will grant us discernment and embolden our efforts.
  We commit this day, and all it throws in our way, to the redemption 
of Your hands. And we pray this prayer trusting in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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