[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Lord, our hearts are filled with an attitude of gratitude 
for the gifts of life: intellect, emotion, will, strength, fortitude, 
and courage. We are privileged to live in this free land You have so 
richly blessed.
  You have created each of us to know, and love, and serve You. 
Thanksgiving is the memory of our hearts. You have shown us that 
gratitude is the parent of all other virtues. Without gratitude, our 
lives miss the greatness You intended, and we remain proud, self-
centered, and limited. Thanksgiving is the thermostat of our souls 
opening us to the inflow of Your Spirit and the realization of even 
greater blessings.
  We also thank You for the problems that make us more dependent on You 
for guidance and strength. When we have turned to You in the past, You 
have given us leadership skills that we needed. Thank You, Lord, for 
taking us where we are with all our human weaknesses, and using us for 
Your glory. May we always be distinguished by the immensity of our 
gratitude for the way that You pour out Your wisdom and vision when we 
humbly call out to You for help. We are profoundly grateful. You are 
our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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