[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, we praise You for Your availability to us. You are Jehovah-
Shammah, who promises to be with us, whenever and wherever we need You 
throughout this day. You have assured us that You will never leave or 
forsake us. You remind us of Your love when we are insecure, Your 
strength when we are stretched beyond our resources, Your guidance when 
we must make decisions, Your hope when we are tempted to be 
discouraged, Your patience when difficult people distress us, Your joy 
when we get grim.
  In response, we offer our availability to You. We open our minds to 
receive Your divine intelligence, our responsibilities to glorify You 
in our work, our relationships to express Your amazing affirmation, our 
faces to radiate Your care and concern. As You will be here for us 
today, we pledge ourselves to do the work of government to Your glory. 
We are ready to receive what we will need each hour--each challenge, 
each opportunity. This day is a gift, and we accept it gratefully. You 
are our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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