[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 28036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, giver of every good gift for our growth as Your 
people, we ask for health and strength only that we may serve You. You 
alone know what is good for us. Therefore, grant us only what is best 
for us. We have no other purpose than to spend our days seeking and 
doing Your will.
  We acknowledge our utter dependence on You. All that we have and are 
we have received from You. You sustain us day by day and moment by 
moment. We deliberately empty our minds and our hearts of anything that 
does not glorify You. We release to You any pride, self-serving 
attitudes, or willfulness that may have been harbored in our hearts. We 
ask You to take from us anything that makes it difficult not only to 
love but to like certain people. May our relationships reflect Your 
initiative, love, and forgiveness.
  We commit to You the work of this day. Fill this Chamber with Your 
presence and each Senator with Your power so that whatever is planned 
or proposed may bring our Nation closer to Your righteousness in every 
aspect of our society. You are our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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