[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H519]
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:
  Lord of our lives, may we approach You this day with earnest and 
truthful hearts. May we be eager to obey Your laws, desirous for Your 
company among us, and committed to remain loyal in our service to You 
and to this Nation.
  Enable us to keep Your commands ever before us, like lenses through 
which we look to determine our steps; like reminders written on our 
hands, so that we cannot ignore them.
  And when we walk these halls or take our seats in meeting rooms or 
rise to speak in these Chambers, may we pause to realize that You are 
here in our midst. Thus, may we not be hasty in word or impulsive in 
thought, but prudent in employing the opportunities You have entrusted 
to us.
  Always and with sincerity, may we devote ourselves for Your intent 
for our lives, not with lipservice, but as ones totally beholden to You 
for all that we have. Today and every day, may we strive to do Your 
will with our whole heart.
  In Your sovereign and gracious name we pray. Amen.

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