[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by Air 
National Guard Chaplain Lt. Col. Kent Lundy, wing chaplain at the 181st 
Intelligence Wing from Terre Haute, IN.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  If you would be in prayer with me.
  Inspiring God that creates a way where there is no way, inspire these 
servant Senators to rise to every challenge by putting people over 
profits and freedom for all over privilege for a few. Bless them and 
their staff with a passion in their bellies and steel in their spine so 
that they can do the hard things well. May they never take more power 
than we the people give them. May the good they seek to do be the good 
for everyone who calls the United States home.
  Give this body a passion to especially make sure our military is 
ready to defend democracy at home and around the world.
  Eternal light that never shuts down, may our Senators answer a higher 
calling that will care for Your creation for at least the next seven 
generations, and may You endow them with wisdom as they steward the 
gift of freedom for such a time as this.
  Instill the characteristics of integrity, truth, humility, and 
compassion in all Americans, just as we expect the same from these 
servant Senators. And let us commit to making selfless service great 
again.
  Even if the institution of the Senate would last a thousand years, 
may the people one day say: This--this--was their finest hour.
  Mindful of all the names Your children use to call upon You, I pray 
in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

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