[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Lord, You have told us that if we, as branches, are 
connected to You, the Vine of virtue, our lives will emulate Your 
character. We dedicate this day to live as branches for the flow of 
Your spirit. We admit that apart from You, we can accomplish nothing of 
lasting significance. We ask that the Senators and all of us who work 
with them may be distinguished for the fruit of Your spirit, a cluster 
of divinely inspired, imputed, and induced traits of Your nature 
reproduced in us.
  Your love encourages us and gives us security; Your joy uplifts us 
and gives us exuberance; Your peace floods our hearts with serenity; 
Your patience calms our agitation over difficult people and pressured 
schedules; Your kindness enables us to deal with our own and other 
people's shortcomings; Your goodness challenges us to make a renewed 
commitment to absolute integrity; Your faithfulness produces 
trustworthiness that makes us dependable; Your gentleness reveals the 
might of true meekness that humbly draws on Your power; Your Lordship 
gives us self-control because we have accepted Your control of our 
lives. You are the mighty God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus 
Christ. Amen.

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