[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6590]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Laudis H. Lanford, The Methodist Home for Children and Youth in 
Macon, Georgia, offered the following prayer:
  The Lord be with you, and for our Jewish friends, Sh'ma Yisrael 
Adonai Elohanu, Adonai Echad.
  Oh Lord, my God, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth. Your 
handiwork is to be exalted and praised before the people. How awesome 
You are in everything and everywhere. Your love for us is greater than 
the east is from the west, yes greater than the number of stars in the 
sky and grains of sand along our shores.
  Humble us this day, O God, that we might pause and recognize who You 
are within our lives and reflect upon the bountiful blessings that You 
bestow upon us.
  Forgive us when we have failed to be obedient to You, both in word 
and deed. And forgive us when we have not heard the cry of the needy. 
Forgive us, O God, when we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. 
And free us for joyful obedience to You and service to others.
  And like Jabez, we call upon You, the God of Israel, saying, O that 
Thou wouldest bless us indeed, enlarge our coast, that Thine hand might 
be with us; that Thou wouldest keep us from evil, and that it may not 
grieve us. Grant, O God, that which we humbly request. Charge to keep I 
have, a God to glorify, a never dying soul to save, and fit it for the 
sky.
  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
Amen.

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