[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Lawrence A. Lambert, Jr., First United Methodist Church, 
Greensburg, Kansas, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Creator of all people and nations, acknowledging Your 
preeminence, we acknowledge our humanness. Asking for Thy Grace and 
Mercy, forgive us when we wound Your Heart and grieve Your Spirit in 
the world.
  Renew our congressional leaders and all Americans in the challenge to 
keep our Nation physically strong, mentally awake, and morally 
straight.
  Awaken the pioneer spirit within our leaders and all Americans to 
explore and reclaim the truths that were founded in this Country and in 
which our Nation with humility proclaimed ``In God we trust!''
  Help us embrace Thy eternal truth that outweighs any falsehood.
  O God, empower Congressional leaders to fulfill the mandate not to be 
served, but to serve. Lift them on Wings as an Eagle, discerning Your 
compassion, Your love, vision, will, and purpose.
  Grant them wisdom for a moral and just society bearing always the 
poor and powerless as Your mandate for leadership. Bless each dedicated 
House Member, their staff, and their families, in Thy gracious name and 
in the name of our Lord, Amen.

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