[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 12967]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, God, we lift our hearts to You. You are the one who is, and 
was, and always will be. You have taken Your great power and have begun 
to reign. Teach us to trust in Your love and in Your promises. Make 
Your grace abound toward us so that we will have sufficiency in all 
things.
  Give knowledge and understanding to our Senators as they work for 
Your glory. Free them from entanglements that dishonor You. Fill them 
with gratitude for this opportunity to invest their lives in something 
that will outlive them. Give them each day an awareness of Your 
presence, and may they work for Your honor.
  Teach us all to trust You, even when the road is difficult to find in 
life's darkness.
  We pray this in Your living name. Amen.

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