[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 714]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Dear God, You constantly are seeking us. Our desire to pray arises in 
our hearts because You want to love, guide, inspire, and empower us. 
The greatest gift we can receive in this time of
prayer is more of You. Whatever else You give or withhold is to draw us 
closer to You.
  In our world of politics, so often the question is, ``Who gets the 
glory?'' We confess that often we become obsessed by concern over 
whether we have been recognized for our abilities or rewarded for our 
accomplishments. Your admonition to us through Jeremiah helps us order 
our priorities. ``Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the 
mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his 
riches, but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and 
knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and 
righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight.''--Jeremiah 9:23-
24.
  We dedicate this new week to delight in what delights You. You are 
the only One we want to please. You are our heart's delight! Amen.

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