[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6191]
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:
  Lord Almighty, instruct us and teach us in the right way. You, whose 
plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent, grant us the knowledge 
we need to accomplish Your will this day.
  As high as the heavens are above the Earth, so are Your ways higher 
than our ways, Your thoughts higher than our own.
  Reach down and bestow on us the gift of Your wisdom. Draw near to us 
that we may know Your clarity in the things that confound us.
  Speak to us above all other voices, that we would hear Your counsel. 
Let us not boast of our own insight, nor of our strength or riches, but 
let us boast that we have the freedom to know You. Let us not serve the 
temptation to hurt, judge, or behave rudely, but let us serve You, the 
Lord, who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the Earth.
  Then may You delight in our efforts to reveal that kindness, to 
exercise Your justice, and to demonstrate Your righteousness here in 
this place and in the living of our days.
  Your word will not return empty, but will accomplish what You desire 
and achieve the purpose for which You sent it. So send us forth this 
day to live into that word.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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