[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3585]
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:
  Holy God, who are we to stand before You? Who among us can appear 
blameless in Your sight? For there is not one of us who hasn't fallen 
short of Your perfect righteousness.
  With humility, then, we lay before You our faults and flaws, founded 
in our human obsession with controversy and verbal dispute, asking that 
You redeem us from our inclination for dissension and slander.
  Instead, may we subject ourselves to Your sovereignty. May we turn to 
Your truth, shunning all that sows discord and division, and pursue 
righteousness, godliness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
  And when we find ourselves caught up in the throes of confusion and 
conflict, arouse in us a desire to strive instead to pursue Your divine 
will. When we are aggravated by the multitude of issues assailing our 
interests, may the fight we choose to engage in prove to be the good 
fight of faith.
  Together we pray, turning our hearts and minds back to You, that You 
will receive us into Your merciful presence.
  In the truth to be found in Your name, we pray.
  Amen.

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