[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Source of strength for those who seek to serve You, we 
praise You for that second wind of Your power that comes when we open 
ourselves to Your Spirit. You have promised that, ``As your days so 
shall your strength be.'' Well, Lord, You know what the days are like 
before a recess. The Senators and all who work with them feel the 
pressure of the work to be done and the little time left to accomplish 
it. In days like these, stress mounts and our emotional reserves are 
drained. Physical tiredness can invade our effectiveness, and 
relationships can be strained. In this quiet moment, we open ourselves 
to the infilling of Your strength. We admit our dependence on You, seek 
Your guidance, and commit our work to You. Give us that healing 
assurance that You will provide strength to do what You guide and that 
there will always be enough time in any one day to do what You have 
planned for us to do. In Your all-powerful Name. Amen.

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