[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, the very time of the day of this opening of the Senate puts 
an exclamation point to our prayer for Your help in the negotiations 
between the Congress and the President. As nature abhors a vacuum, You 
deplore deadlocks that debilitate progress. We know that when we seek 
Your problem-solving power, there are no unresolvable differences. 
Nothing is impossible with You. And yet You have ordained that we must 
ask for Your intervention. Then mysteriously You work in the minds and 
hearts of all involved to discover solutions and compromises that will 
bring resolution to the conflicts of wills as well as differences about 
what is best for our Nation.
  We humbly confess our need for You, Lord. Times like these put 
intensity and intentionality into our motto, ``In God We Trust.'' We do 
trust in You, Lord. Give all involved in this present conflict the 
desire to set aside political advantages. You have promised that if we 
pray with complete trust, You will accomplish what seems to be humanly 
impossible. Thank You for hearing our prayer. You are our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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