[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Michael T. Whitson, First Baptist Church Indian Trail, Indian 
Trail, North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God and Heavenly Father, we acknowledge Your holiness, Your 
goodness, Your faithfulness, and Your undying love that forgives our 
transgressions. We confess before You our total inability to make 
ourselves righteous before You, and we bless You for providing a way of 
forgiveness and a path to know You.
  Drawing from Your unfailing Word of the prayer of King Asa, a 
powerful King of long ago, who cried out to You and said: ``Lord, there 
is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, 
Lord our God, for we rely on You.''
  You established leaders over this Nation. May we acknowledge and 
recognize You as our only source of strength. Your Word convinces us 
that we can do nothing without You. Because of that, help us to totally 
trust You in all things. May Your cause be our cause.
  We humbly ask in Your matchless name.
  Amen.

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