[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 215 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H7029]
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:
  Generous God and giver of so many blessings, we pause at the final 
moments of the first year of the 118th Congress to acknowledge Your 
steadfast kindness to us. We give thanks to You, O Lord, for You have 
been good to us.
  In Your grace, You have surrounded those who serve in office here in 
the House of Representatives with wise advisers, devoted counsel, and 
countless contributors to the daily function of this body: clerks and 
recorders, staffers and assistants, laborers and administrators, just 
to name a few. May each who has contributed so selflessly to the inner 
workings of this legislative process receive Your own ``well done'' in 
appreciation for their noble and faithful service throughout this past 
year.
  Indeed, many hands have laid the foundation for this Congress, and we 
pray for Your continued blessing that we should see our work completed.
  As we reflect on the many accomplishments, large and small, which 
have brought us pride and reward this year, remind us once again that 
it is not by might, nor by power, that we succeed, but by Your spirit. 
In this may we be assured that the Lord of hosts will abide with us in 
the work that has yet to be done.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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