[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 2963-2964]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. David F. Russell, National Chaplain, American 
Legion, Spotsylvania, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Our dear most gracious Heavenly Father, in whom we put our trust, we 
humbly thank You for this avenue of prayer in which we may come on 
behalf of this legislative body of government. We ask that You grant 
wisdom for all those who gather in this assembly that they, in turn, 
always act in the best interest of this Nation and its people whom they 
represent.
  Give them a desire, Sir, to seek Your divine guidance and direction 
in all their deliberations. Reach deep into their innermost emotion and 
intellect to bring them together in unity and act as one. Enable them 
to set aside personal desires to see Your divine will and way for this 
great Nation.
  May they, and we, always be mindful, the future of our Nation, our 
lives, our very being rests in Thy eternal hands.

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  Bring them together in a spirit of humility and love for Thee and 
these United States of America.
  We pray these petitions in Jesus' name. Amen.

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