[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H228]
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:
  God, our redeemer, preserver, and friend, hear our prayers this day 
as we seek to live our lives in obedience to You.
  For You have not set us apart from this world, but have placed us 
into our communities, then sent us into positions of authority, so that 
we would be salt to the Earth; to preserve and protect the ideals on 
which this country was founded; to enhance and uphold the virtues by 
which this government was formed; to live our lives according to Your 
divine Word.
  May we not take lightly this extraordinary opportunity You have given 
us or allow our words or actions to become corrosive or damaging in the 
exercise of our influence.
  Rather, may our faithfulness to Your Word serve the purpose of 
enhancing the lives of those around us and the purposes for which You 
have sent us.
  Grant us, then, together a peaceful relationship, that the salt that 
we are and the hallowed responsibilities we share together would serve 
to glorify You.
  In the gift of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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