[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1217]
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:
  From generation to generation, You, O Lord, have spoken. With a word 
You called the world into being. You spoke and creation came to life.
  Speak now to us this day, You, from whose mouth came the very law we 
seek to uphold and defend. Cause Your righteousness to be the framework 
on which we build our communities, our country, and our Congress.
  In a whisper in the whirlwind, guide us when all around us is 
uncertain, uncivil, and unclear. May we hear Your direction that it 
would enable us to find certainty, to live civilly, and to discover 
clarity in the decisions You put before us.
  Timeless and timely, Your word remains alive and powerful. May those 
who lead this country yield themselves to its authority and heed its 
judgment of their thoughts and the attitudes of their hearts.
  Nothing that proceeds from Your mouth will return to You empty 
without accomplishing what You desire, and without succeeding in the 
matter for which You spoke. May we hear Your word for us this day that 
it would give us purpose for our labors.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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