[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 150 (Monday, September 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4355-H4356]
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:
  Holy God, we dare to approach You this day, knowing full well that 
despite our best efforts, no one of us is righteous, no one of us is 
without blame. All of us have sinned and fallen short of Your glory.
  We dare, however, to pray that in Your justice, You will be merciful 
to us as we strive to bring honor to You in this day You have provided 
us. In hope, we pray that in Your discipline, You will guide us in the 
way we should go, that in our life and our work, whatever we do would 
bring glory to You.
  In this quiet moment, we yield to Your will and ask that in the more 
challenging moments that lie ahead of us, Holy God, You would be in our 
heads and in our thinking. God, be in our eyes and in our looking. God, 
be in our mouths and in our speaking. Oh, God, be in our hearts and in 
our understanding.
  In Your everlasting name we pray.
  Amen.

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