[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, a very present help in trouble, we praise You for Your 
tenacity to live through troubled times. We listen in on Your 
conversation with the Psalmist when he was beset with trouble. We hear 
Your gracious invitation: ``Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will 
deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.''--Psalm 50:15. We respond with 
the Psalmist, ``Hear my prayer, O Lord. Do not hide Your face from me 
in the day of trouble; incline Your ear to me . . . though I walk in 
the midst of trouble, You will revive me.''--Psalms 102:1; 138:7.
  Thank You, Lord, for Your reviving power. You revive us with 
convictions which cannot be compromised: You are our refuge and our 
strength; You have blessed our Nation through our history; You will 
help us be victorious over the evil of terrorism. We also are revived 
by the replenishing of our confidence: You will save us through our 
present crisis; we need not fear. We feel Your Spirit surging into our 
souls: anxiety is replaced by serene security, frustration by faith, 
tiredness with temerity, caution with courage. And so we say with the 
Psalmist, ``In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me 
bold with strength in my soul.''--Psalm 138:3. Amen.

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