[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 54 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1413]
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:
  Dear Lord, may Your eyes be on the righteous and Your ears open to 
their prayers. In Your mercy, redeem us that we would be worthy to 
stand before You. Enable us to hold our tongues from malicious intent. 
Prevent our lips from speaking deliberate deceit.
  Strengthen us that we would turn away from evil and do good. In Your 
eyes, O Lord, what does that really mean? Few of us are so ensnared by 
malevolence that we would not desire to do what is right by You.
  Speak into our sense of self-assurance and remind us that our 
adversary gains a foothold if we do not have unity of spirit, sympathy, 
love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
  Guard us against the insidiousness of evil so that our natural 
response would not be to repay offense or disagreement with our own 
wrongdoing. But may we find ways to seek concord. Inspire us to pursue 
peace.
  For Your eyes, O Lord, are on the righteous. Your ears are open to 
their prayers.
  Hear our prayer, O Lord.
  Amen.

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