[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5328]
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:
  Lord, our Shepherd, we are Your people, the sheep over whom You keep 
watch. It is You who have made us, and we belong to You.
  Such a relationship is at times too intimate to accept. Such 
dependence on You is often a challenge to our sense of self-
sufficiency.
  But if we open our eyes to the multitude of blessings You have 
bestowed on us, if we allow our wills to experience the goodness You 
desire for us; if we soften our hearts to receive the love You 
demonstrate to us in countless ways, how can we desire anything but to 
enter into Your presence with thanksgiving? How can we but seek to live 
lives that please and praise You? How can we not trust Your 
faithfulness in these days, when we realize it has been present with us 
for generations?
  May our prayers show our gratitude. May our actions today demonstrate 
our desire to glorify You. May our thoughts, decisions, and attitudes 
reveal our faith and trust in You.
  In Your eternal mercy we stand and in Your gracious name we pray.
  Amen.

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