[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, June 17, 2004

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Greg Surratt, Pastor, Seacoast Christian Community 
Church, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Father, thank You for the privilege of being an American and of 
living in a country that values liberty and justice for all people. We 
pause to remember those who, in a very real way, are defending those 
rights for ourselves and for others. Protect our soldiers in Iraq 
today, and in Afghanistan and other parts of the world. We pray for 
peace with our enemies and understanding from our allies.
  Thank You for the gifts You have given us; the ability to lead, to 
choose, to decide, and to govern. Help us to use them wisely in the 
administration of our government today. May we debate with civility and 
decide with certainty the issues that lie before us. We ask for Your 
wisdom in areas that we lack it.
  Most importantly, may our focus today be upon Your priorities for us: 
That we do justly, that we love mercy, and that we walk humbly before 
You. It is in Your name that we gather, Amen.

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