[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 199 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God of time and eternity, use our lawmakers today as instruments of 
Your will. Give them the wisdom to find joy in Your presence, trust in 
Your precepts, and confidence in Your prevailing providence. As they 
trust You to enable us to find shelter from the storms that batter our 
Nation and world, fill them with Your peace. May this be a day when our 
Senators serve You with gladness because Your joy has filled their 
hearts. Lord, keep them within the circle of Your will as they seek to 
honor You with lives of integrity.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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