[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we do not need to ask to come into Your presence for 
You have been ever-present through our nights and days. We never need 
shout across the spaces to You as an absent God. You are nearer than 
our own souls, closer than our most secret thoughts. We need not inform 
You of our requests, for You are omniscient. We do not need to brief 
You on the alternative possibilities for this week's decisions, for You 
already know what is in keeping with Your best for us and will reveal 
that if we ask You. What we do need is to linger in Your presence until 
we are assured of Your love, regain true security, and are refortified 
by Your strength. Thank You for using this time of prayer with You to 
show us Your faithfulness and to receive Your guidance.
  In Scripture, You call us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. We do 
that this afternoon with the vivid pictures of the mall terrorist 
attack: jarring explosions, heart-breaking deaths and injuries, and the 
wail of sirens. Grant us Your strength in the battle with the evil of 
terrorism. Bless the President and Congress as they seek Your power 
both to complete the war in Afghanistan and to strategize with 
negotiations in the Middle East as a whole. Help us, dear God; we need 
You. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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