[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1958]
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:
  God of us all, we pray Your grace over our labor and Your blessing on 
all that we seek to achieve this day. Should our sense of success be 
borne of our envy over another, we pray Your mercy. Should we find 
ourselves chasing the wind in our pride, we pray You humble us gently 
that we would submit even our best efforts to Your sovereign will.
  When winning seems to be our only goal, when we are so often caught 
up in our vain desire to overcome any perceived or imagined adversary, 
remind us again that only in You do we find the promise of true 
victory.
  By the power of Your love, You have already defeated all that we call 
hateful. So with Your standard of strength before us, may we follow You 
and greet any fear or frustration before us with the certainty found in 
You, face any anxiety or anguish that threatens us with the hope You 
provide, and encounter any enemy with the faith in Your promise of 
redemption.
  In all contest and critique, defeat and disagreement, in all that 
seeks to overwhelm our spirit of unity and purpose, remind us that we 
are more than conquerors in You who have shown Your steadfast love for 
us.
  In the strength of Your holy name we pray.
  Amen.

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