[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. Wendell R. Estep, First Baptist Church, 
Columbia, SC, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father and God, we bow before You with grateful hearts. As 
King David prayed, ``Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that 
Thou hast brought me this far?'' The positions of influence and service 
that we enjoy have come as a trust from Your hand and we acknowledge 
our ultimate responsibility to You.
  Father, as I bring this body of men and women before You, I make two 
requests: that You give them wisdom and that You give them courage to 
act on that divine wisdom.
  Gracious Savior, we desire Your blessings on America, but Your word 
declares our responsibility: ``If My people who are called by My name 
humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked 
ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will 
heal their land.''
  Bless these Senators as they provide godly leadership. I pray in the 
name of Jesus, my Lord. Amen.

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