[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8027]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Sovereign God, our Help in all the ups and downs of life, all the 
triumphs and defeats of political life, and all the changes and 
challenges of leadership, You are our Lord in all seasons and for all 
reasons. We can come to You when life makes us glad or sad. There is no 
circumstance beyond Your control. Wherever we go, You are there waiting 
for us. You are already at work with people before we encounter them. 
You prepare solutions for our complexities, and You are always ready to 
help us resolve conflicts even before we ask. We claim Your promise 
given through Jeremiah: ``I have plans for you: plans for good and not 
evil, to give you a future and a hope.''--Jeremiah 29:11.
  Lord, our only goal is to please You in what we say and accomplish. 
Bless the Senators in the decisions they make and the votes they cast. 
Give them, and all of us who work with them, Your strength to endure 
and Your courage to triumph in things great and small that we attempt 
for the good of all. In Your holy name. Amen

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