[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1]
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:
  Eternal Lord, from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Many are 
the plans of our hearts, but Yours is the eternal purpose that 
prevails.
  Receive then our earnest and most heartfelt prayers as we enter into 
this Second Session of the 118th Congress. You have set eternity in our 
hearts, and we yearn to find meaning and purpose in the work of our 
hands.
  Receive our labors and sanctify our intentions. May all that we set 
forth to do prove worthy of Your gracious and eternal plan.
  Scripture warns that some trust in chariots and some in horses. All 
too often we trust in the perishable and corruptible, but this year, in 
all that lies ahead, may we place our trust only in the name of the 
Lord our God.
  It is in Your sovereign name that we are bold to pray.
  Amen.

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