[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Tom Nelson, Senior Pastor, Denton Bible Church, Denton, 
Texas, offered the following prayer:
  Could we pray. Our Father in Heaven, You created us. Your law, the 
edict of Thy very nature is our protection and our guide. Your 
benevolence continually sustains us. Your grace hath protected us 
always in the defense of the weak. Guide now these men and women to 
steer a clear path and to guide our Nation amidst the obstacles of our 
day. Grant them discernment to perceive the true, the courage to stand 
in it, and mercy to administer it to all.
  And in so doing, may You be pleased and may You lift up the light of 
Thy countenance upon us. For Your pleasure is our solitary good and our 
confidence. May evil be winnowed at this our gate and may the sun of 
Thy favor rise upon us. For it is in Thy saving name that we pray. 
Amen.

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