[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, You have endowed us with a thinking brain so we could 
think Your thoughts after You. That is awesome, Father. You are 
omniscient; You know everything. You also know what is best for our 
future as a Nation and our continuing battle with terrorism. This is 
Your Nation; we are Your people; we are a Nation under Your 
sovereignty. In response, we make Proverbs 16:3 the motto for this day, 
``Commit Your works to the Lord and Your thoughts will be 
established.'' Throughout this day, we intentionally will submit the 
work of this Senate to You and seek Your guidance for the resolution on 
war with Iraq. We claim Your promise for clarified direction in keeping 
with Your will. We say with the psalmist:
  I commit my way to the Lord and trust also in Him, and He shall bring 
it to pass . . . I rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him--(Psalm 
37:5,7).
  Speak to our minds; we are listening. You are our Lord and Saviour. 
Amen.

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