[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Robert A. Thrift, St. Bernice Baptist Church, Terre 
Haute, Indiana, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, it is indeed a privilege to share in the opening 
ceremony of a daily session of the Congress of the United States of 
America.
  Yet it is an awesome privilege to come confidently into Your presence 
to ask for help in times like these.
  We give You praise and thanksgiving for who You are, what You are 
like, and all You have done for us individually and collectively.
  Thank You for the heritage we have as one Nation under God. Forgive 
us in departing from You. May we return and remain true to that 
heritage.
  For the Members of Congress we pray that wisdom would enter each 
heart, that understanding would be their delight and that discretion 
would guard and guide them in all their deliberations.
  We bring these petitions and praise You because the kingdom, all 
power, and all glory truly belong to You.
  In Thy name, Amen.

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