[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, source of righteousness and the One who is always on the 
side of what is right, we confess that there are times when we assume 
we know what is right without seeking Your guidance.
  Lord, give us the humility to be more concerned about being on Your 
side than recruiting You to be on our side. Clear our minds so we can 
think Your thoughts. Help us to wait on You, to listen patiently for 
Your voice, to seek Your will through concentrated study and 
reflection. May discussion move us to deeper truth and debate become 
the blending of various aspects of Your revelation communicated through 
others. Free us from the assumption that we have an exclusive on the 
dispatches of Heaven and that those who disagree with us must be 
against You.
  Above all else, we commit this day to seek what is best for our 
Nation. Give us the greatness of being on Your side and the delight of 
being there together. In Your righteous name. Amen.

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