    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H779]
    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:
      The Word of the Lord is right and true. O Lord, bind Your Word this
    day to our hearts that it would guide our steps and direct our lives
    with Your unwavering righteousness.
      By Your Word the heavens were made and the starry host by the breath
    of Your mouth. Speak Your Word into our lives that what we do would be
    as You command, and what we profess would revere You.
      Lord, You foil the plans of the nations, You thwart the purposes of
    the peoples. Then show forth Your plans which are sure and stand firm
    forever. Reveal the purposes of Your grace plan through all
    generations.
      For You love righteousness and justice. Fill the Earth and all who
    labor in this place with Your love.
      We wait in hope for You, Lord, for You alone are our help and shield.
    May Your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in
    You.
      In Your sovereign name, we pray.
      Amen.

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