[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Sovereign God, help us to see our work here in Government as our 
divine calling and mission. Whatever we are called to do today, we want 
to do our very best for Your glory. Our desire is not just to do 
different things but to do some of the same old things differently: 
with freedom, joy, and excellence. Give us new delight for matters of 
drudgery, new patience for people who are difficult, new zest for 
unfinished details. Be our lifeline in the pressures of deadlines, our 
rejuvenation in routines, and our endurance whenever we feel enervated. 
May we spend more time talking to You about issues than we do talking 
to others about issues. So may our communion with You give us such deep 
convictions that we will have the high courage to defend them. Spirit 
of the living God, fall afresh on us so that we may serve You with 
renewed dedication today. Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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