[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, whose mercies are new every morning, we praise You 
for Your faithfulness. We exalt You with a rendition of the words of 
that wonderful old hymn, ``Great is Your faithfulness! Great is Your 
faithfulness! Morning by morning, new mercies we see; all we have 
needed Your hand has provided. Great is Your faithfulness, Lord, unto 
us!''
  As we begin this new day, we thank You for Your faithfulness to our 
Nation throughout history. One of the ways You express that now is 
through the labors of the women and men of this Senate. May they 
experience fresh assurance of Your faithfulness that will renew their 
faithfulness to be God-centered, God-honoring, God-guided, God-
empowered leaders. In the quiet of this moment of prayer, grip them 
with the conviction that their labors today are sacred and that they 
will be given supernatural strength, vision, and guidance. Thank You in 
advance for a truly productive day. Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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