[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H713]
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:
  Guide us, O Lord, for many are the plans of our hearts. The schedules 
we have carefully laid out on our calendars, the expectations we bring 
with us into this Chamber, the outcomes we desire from the decisions 
before us are multitude. Many are the plans of our hearts, but it is 
Your purpose that prevails.
  Remind us then of Your sovereignty in all that befalls us in this 
day. When our schedules are upended, when our expectations are far from 
met, and when those outcomes we desire escape our ability to influence, 
remind us that it is always Your purpose that prevails.
  In Your grace plan for us, may we find that in all that we intend, 
You have a grander vision. In all that we anticipate, You offer us so 
much more. In the results we seek, You have already provided a future 
beyond our imaginings.
  Many are the plans of our hearts, but Your purpose, O Lord, prevails.
  In sure and certain hope in Your divine guidance and in the strength 
of Your name, we pray.
  Amen.

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