[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5]
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, order our week, even as You order our ways, and delight in 
the steps that we take.
  As we plan out this next year and all the obligations that fall 
within our professional and personal lives, determine the path our 
lives should go that we would remain in Your own gracious plan.
  When we think that our thoughts are pure in our own eyes, measure our 
spirits, that if they should be found wanting, Your righteous hand 
would keep our pride in balance.
  Establish our plans, that in everything we do, we would reflect and 
effect Your purpose.
  In Your steadfast love and faithfulness, atone our shortcomings, and 
receive our righteous intent.
  This evening, we commit the work of our hands and our minds to You. 
We ask for Your guidance and strength for Your people. And it is in 
Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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