[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22660]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Faithful Father, Your words to Joshua so long ago sound in our souls 
as Your encouragement to us today: ``I will not leave you nor forsake 
you. Be strong and of good courage.''
  Thank You for the consistency and constancy of Your presence. Your 
love and guidance are not on again off again. We can depend on Your 
steady flow of strength. Just to know that You are with us in all the 
ups and downs of political life is a great source of confidence. We can 
dare to be strong in the convictions that You have honed in our hearts 
and courageous in the application of them to our work in government.
  Grant the Senators a renewed sense of how much You have invested in 
them and how much You desire to do through them in the onward movement 
of this Nation. It is for Your namesake, Your glory, and Your vision 
that You bless them. You guide and inspire them as leaders because You 
have great plans for this Nation that You want them to accomplish. You 
have chosen them. May they choose to be chosen today and lead with 
spiritual self-esteem motivated by this sense of chosenness. Your word 
for the day is ``Be not afraid, I am with you.'' You are our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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