[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 Prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Father, You have created us to love and praise You. You desire an 
intimate, personal relationship with all of us. Praise surges from our 
hearts for what You are to us and thanksgiving for what You promise for 
us. We say with the psalmist,
  I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart. I will tell of Your 
marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise 
to Your name.--(Psalm 9:1,2).
  When we are yielded to You, our faltering, fallible, human nature is 
invaded by Your problem-solving, uplifting presence. We want to glory 
only in our knowledge of You and Your wisdom. We commit our minds, 
emotions, wills, and bodies so that we may be used by You. Fill us with 
Your supernatural power so that we may be equipped to face the ups and 
downs, the pleasures and pressures of this day. We will remember that 
whatever the circumstances, praise and thanksgiving will usher us into 
Your heart where alone we can find the guidance and grace we so 
urgently need. You have given the day; now show the way. Through our 
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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