[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we commit this day to You. By Your grace, You have 
brought us to the beginning of another day. There is so much to do 
today: votes to cast, speeches to give, and loose ends to be tied. In 
the rush of things, it is so easy to live with flat ``horizontalism,'' 
dependent only on our own strength and focused on what others can do 
for us or with us. Today, we lift up our eyes to behold Your glory, our 
hearts to be filled with Your love, joy, and peace, and our bodies to 
be replenished.
  Fill the wells of our souls with Your strength and our intellects 
with fresh inspiration. We know that trying to work for You will wear 
us out, but allowing You to work through us will keep us fit and vital.
  Now, here are our minds, enlighten them; here are our souls, empower 
them; here are our wills, quicken them; here are our bodies, infuse 
them with energy. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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