[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, July 9, 2003

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, our defense in every battle and our source of peace, be 
with the Members of the House of Representatives this day and guide the 
security of this Nation.
  The conquest of Jericho and the sin of Achan taught Joshua and the 
people of his day that You, Lord, would be with them in every 
engagement with an enemy as long as they followed all Your commands and 
held back nothing for themselves in their service to do Your holy will. 
Disobedience and self-reliance lead only to defeat.
  Help us in our day to lead the war against terrorism; but let us 
never be deceived ourselves. Attuned to Your Word and the Spirit in the 
story of Joshua, may we, as individual citizens or in any corporate 
way, never excuse ourselves from honesty and integrity by acting out of 
stealth or deception, even for a moment.
  By Your power and grace may we always choose to do what is right, 
seeking consultation and sensing our communion with You, now and 
forever.
  Amen.

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