[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 67 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4455]
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 creator, redeemer, and sustainer, great are Your promises to 
us. In Your divine grace, You have given us all we need to face the 
opportunities and challenges that lie ahead this day.
  Empower us with everything we need to live a godly life, a life which 
reflects Your great goodness in a world overcome with evil and hatred. 
Strengthen us with Your divine nature that we would stand above 
corruptive and corrosive selfish desire.
  Instead, may the words of our mouths, the decisions we make, and the 
lives we lead reflect the righteousness to which our faith aspires.
  May we add Your wisdom to our attempts of kindness, self-control and 
perseverance to our know-how, godliness to our perseverance, mutual 
affection to our godliness, and to our regard for one another, the most 
important quality: love.
  So may our work be effective and our lives beneficial, as we seek to 
serve our communities, our country, and You.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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