[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 148 (Monday, September 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Ralph B. Lassiter, Sr., St. Mark Baptist Church, Omaha, Nebraska, 
offered the following prayer:
  God our creator, our sustainer, and our redeemer, we thank You for 
this day and ask Your blessings upon this, the people's House, both 
collectively and individually.
  Lord, fill our Representatives with wisdom and courage to perform the 
difficult tasks entrusted to them. Calm the winds of dissension, 
empower a spirit of unity, and provide clarity of vision for the future 
that You desire for this country.
  Lord, encourage these men and women through Your Word that tells us 
that You have ``plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give 
us hope and a future.'' Therefore, I ask that You touch the heads, the 
hearts, and the hands of those who lead these United States, so that 
Your will be done.
  Now, Lord, we give all glory, honor, and praise to You because You 
are able to do infinitely more than we might ask or think. In the 
mighty and majestic name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, I 
pray.
  Amen.

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