[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7479]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Joe F. Hayes, Jr., Brevard First Baptist Church, 
Brevard, North Carolina offered the following prayer:
  Father God, who spoke the heavens and earth into existence, thank You 
for first loving us and sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, that we might 
have a full and meaningful life. Forgive our many sins against You and 
against other people. Help us live at peace with our neighbors and in 
obedience to Your will as set forth in the Bible.
  Gathered here today are leaders who have given their lives to serve 
others. Help them to love You first, their families second, and other 
people third, because without You first in our lives, without loving 
families, and without love for all peoples, we cannot expect this 
Nation to be great.
  In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray, amen.

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