[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We pray, O gracious God, that all the good values of daily living 
will come to us and nurture us along the way. While we pray for the 
wonders of faith and hope and love, our prayer is that our lives will 
be encouraged by the marvelous gifts that have come from You, our 
creator and redeemer, and from the lives of those near to us.
  May we, O God, so live our lives in response to these blessings that 
our words and deeds will be marked by a spirit of thanksgiving and 
praise, of appreciation and adoration for all the wondrous benedictions 
we have received and for the kindness and generosity of our colleagues, 
our family and our friends.
  In Your name we pray. Amen.

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