[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5947]
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, as we set our sights on the week ahead, we pray Your 
guidance and strength to accomplish the work and the responsibilities 
You have set before us.
  Ready our minds for action. May we prove to be doers of Your 
compelling will. May our thoughts center not just on the concerns of 
our constituents, but may we open ourselves to the broader purpose to 
which You have called us, that we would commit all our efforts to the 
common good.
  Give us self-discipline, that as timelines and schedules, committee 
meetings, and caucuses all vie for our time and attention, that we 
would be discerning in our endeavors to use our gifts, talents, and 
energy as You would have us do.
  Sustain us by the hope You set before us. Open our eyes to the 
multitude of opportunities and possibilities You so richly provide.
  Then may we never rest, satisfied in our own accomplishments or on 
human approbation, but may we find our purpose in Your divine plan and 
our identity grounded in the grace found only in You.
  We offer to You our plans for the week ahead and pray with certitude 
that we are, indeed, undergirded by the power of Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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