[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13193-13194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Stan Scroggins, Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, 
Magnolia, Arkansas, offered the following prayer:
  O God, we thank You for blessing this Nation. Help us not to forget 
that with Your blessing comes our responsibility to bless the peoples 
of the Earth.
  We confess our need for Your guidance. Extend Your mercy and love, 
forgive us of our self-seeking ways, and make us into a Nation after 
Your own heart.
  We recognize that these are challenging days, and the decisions made 
by this House will have profound effect on our Nation and the world. 
Help every Representative to seek wisdom

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from You with every decision to be made.
  Deliver us from our enemies, grant protection to our citizens, and 
forever allow this Nation to be a beacon of freedom and peace so that 
Your name will forever be honored on the Earth.
  Hear our prayer, O God, and continue to bless America, we pray. Amen.

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