[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2405]
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, You foil the plans of nations. You thwart the purpose 
of people. God, what hope do we who represent this Nation have? Lord, 
how can we, who work on behalf of the American people, get anything 
done without You?
  When You look down from Your Heavens and see us, when You look from 
Your dwelling place and observe our lives, we pray You would consider 
our hearts and shape them according to Your perfect plan.
  Blessed is the nation whose God is You, O Lord, for Your plans stand 
firm forever. The purposes of Your heart will sustain all generations 
who seek to serve You.
  May our hope be ever in Your unfailing love. May all that we do 
revere You. Deliver us from the famine of our faith and the failure of 
our flawed designs. For You alone are our help and our shield.
  Let Your unfailing love rest upon us, Lord, even as we put our hope 
in You.
  We pray these prayers in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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