[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father, today we focus our attention on a question we need to 
ask every day: Who gets the glory? Our purpose is to glorify You in all 
we say and do. And yet so often we grasp the glory for ourselves. Help 
us to turn attention from ourselves to You and openly acknowledge You 
as the source of our strength. You have taught us that there is no 
limit to what we can accomplish when we do give You the glory. May our 
realization that we could not breathe a breath, think a thought, or 
give leadership without Your blessing, free us from so often seeking 
recognition. Make us so secure in Your up-building esteem that we are 
able to build up others with whom we work.
  We glorify You, gracious God. We consecrate the decisions of this 
day, and when the Senators come to the end of the day, may they 
experience that sublime joy of knowing it was You who received the 
glory. Amen.

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