[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4733]
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, it is times like these when not only does Your presence 
seem veiled from our eyes, but Your promise of provision feels withheld 
from us. After moments like those we have experienced in these last 
couple weeks, when confusion reigned and anxiety has bred contempt, in 
whom can we trust? There is so much going on that the issues are 
dizzying. What can we hold on to?
  We lift up our eyes to the hills. Where does our help come from? 
Speak, O Lord, from the mountains, for our help comes only from You. 
Lord, maker of Heaven and Earth, when all around and beneath us is such 
shaky ground, do not let our feet stray from following You.
  But let us trust in the Lord with unshakeable faith. May we see that 
just as the mountains surround Your holy city, You surround Your people 
with protection and purpose.
  Let us fear only You, O Lord, believing that in all that we need this 
day, in all the days ahead, and forever more, we will lack nothing in 
You.
  In Your steadfast and sovereign name, we pray.
  Amen.

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