[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6373]
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:
  Your word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, alive and 
active, judging the thoughts and attitudes of our hearts. Yours is a 
word which calls us to hear and obey, to live according to the truth 
and love You lay before us.
  Holy God, speak Your word to us today that it would pierce our hearts 
and judge our thoughts and intentions. Share the insight of Your word 
with us that it would shed light on our wayward paths, that we would 
return to the way You would have us live.
  Reveal the meaning of Your word when our own perception falls short, 
that we would understand what You call us to do and who You call us to 
be.
  Time and again, our words have proven inadequate, hurtful, and 
unwise. We pray Your redemption, O God. Let our speech always be 
gracious, seasoned with kindness, so that it would serve to build one 
another up and not tear each other down.
  Today and every day, call us back to the words You have provided in 
scripture, that You would teach us, rebuke us, correct us, and train us 
in the way of righteousness.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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