[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 11 (Friday, January 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H237]
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:
  Generous God, Your grace is overwhelming. We need only look around us 
to see that You have given us sufficiency in all things: the lives we 
live, the people we share that life with, and the privilege to serve 
You with the talents and skills You have afforded us.
  By virtue of Your grace, You have not only blessed us, but You have 
equipped us that we may abound in every good work. So may we be 
faithful stewards of Your many blessings, remaining ever watchful for 
those who need what You have entrusted us to give.
  Would that we be used as the hands which give Your grace to others in 
need, that they too would receive the gifts that You intend for their 
sufficiency. Would that we yield all that we are and all that we have 
so that all Your beloved children would be empowered to share their 
gifts and graces and contribute to the work to which You have uniquely 
called them.
  In this may we each discover how we build each other up in our 
service to You. Bless our efforts to do just that this day.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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