[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Pete Williams, Harvest Baptist Church, Goldsboro, North 
Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we thank You for this beautiful day and for all the 
wonderful gifts that You have given to us. We thank You for the gift of 
salvation through Your son, Jesus Christ. We thank You for our 
families. We thank You for our country and the gift of government. We 
especially thank You for this House where we are gathered today and for 
the leaders that guide and defend our Nation. We pray that You will 
give the wisdom and knowledge that is needed to do Your business today. 
We ask that at this time of uncertainty that You would give the extra 
grace needed for the difficult tasks ahead.
  We also remember those who have recently suffered and died for our 
country. These are true heroes. Father, on this anniversary of the 
Beirut bombing, we remember those heroes also. We thank You that we are 
a nation that is built on the foundation of Your word. Help us keep our 
Nation on these never-failing principles. Heavenly Father, we are proud 
to be ``one nation, under God'' and we commend this country into Your 
hands. We also ask for Your hand of protection during these times and 
we also want to especially leave this House in the blessed arms of our 
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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