[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 184 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5479]
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:
  Almighty God, Your grace is sufficient for all that we will face this 
day. When we find ourselves faltering for want of a reason to hope, 
weakened from lack of energy or enthusiasm, dismayed by the complexity 
of the issues at hand, let us not, as Howard Thurman encouraged, shrink 
from the present intensity, lest we turn away from the power of Your 
love.
  Yours is the power that is made perfect in our weakness. Yours is the 
strength that carries us through the difficulties of the day. Yours is 
the mercy that enables us to endure the repercussions of our own 
mistakes. Yours is the hope that gives us purpose when nothing in our 
lives is certain.
  May we not shrink from the many challenges this day will reveal, and 
may we never turn away from the incredible power Your love provides.
  In the strength of Your word we stand, and in the power of Your name 
we pray.
  Amen.

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