[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, so often in our prayers, we present You with our own 
agendas. We ask for guidance and strength and courage to do what we 
have already decided. Usually, what we have in mind is to receive from 
You what we think we need to get on with our prearranged plans. Often 
we present our shopping list of blessings that we have in mind for our 
projects, many of which we may not have checked out with You. Sometimes 
we have little time to talk with You or listen to You. The blessings we 
receive are empty unless we also receive a deeper fellowship with You. 
Help us to think of prayer throughout this day as simply reporting in 
for duty and asking for fresh marching orders. We want to be all that 
You want us to be, and we want to do what You have planned for us. May 
this opening prayer be the beginning of a conversation with You that 
lasts all through the day. Help us to attempt something we could not do 
without Your power. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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