[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, May 20, 2004

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Michael Bentley, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Brevard, 
North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Heavenly Father, we praise You this morning for Your never 
ending mercies that are new to us every day. As we lift our hearts in 
prayer, I thank You for the diligence and faithfulness of the Members 
of Congress. I pray for God's wisdom to guide them in the decisions 
they have to make today, for God's discernment as they strive to bring 
out the truth in all the matters before them, and for God's peace that 
passes all human understanding to be spread throughout our country and 
all of the world. I ask that You bless our country's leaders with God's 
love that has been given to us as an awesome gift. I thank You for the 
power of prayer and for what God can accomplish through public servants 
who place their faith and trust in Him.
  In Your holy name I pray. Amen.

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