[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13762]
[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, You are good. You chase our enemies into dark places and 
restrain those who plot against Your providence. No matter how strong 
evil may seem, O Lord, it is doomed because of Your power.
  Strengthen our Nation. Snap the chains that bind it to anything that 
is not noble and true. Inspire our Senators with Your invincible 
presence. Help them to look to the hill from whence comes celestial 
help. Remind them that they are never alone, for You have promised to 
be with us until time is transformed into eternity.
  Help us to remember that neither life nor death, angels nor 
principalities, powers nor problems, heights nor depths, past nor 
future, demons nor darkness can separate us from Your wondrous love. 
Empower us to so live that generations to come will call us blessed. 
Amen.

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