[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Pastor Zach Terry, First Baptist Church, Fernandina Beach, Florida, 
offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, as we gather in this Chamber, recognizing You as the 
only sovereign over these United States, we acknowledge our dependency 
upon You alone.
  May Your holy spirit awaken within our Representatives those timeless 
truths of scripture, whispered from the lips of their ancestors and 
thundered from the sacred desk.
  Those principles of liberty and justice transcend both time and 
culture and serve as a beacon amid the stormy seas of governance.
  May this Congress embody the most sacred ideals of their constituents 
and honor the legacy of their honorable predecessors.
  The good citizens of this Nation have elected them, but You, O Lord, 
have appointed them for such a time as this.
  May the decisions that they make this day honor the prayer of our 
Lord, ``Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.''
  I ask all these things in Jesus' name.
  Amen.

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