[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20104-20105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Thomas Peoples, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Wisner, 
Louisiana, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father, we thank You for our Nation and for each of the men and 
women elected to serve our Nation in the House. We ask that You bless 
their families and staff. Father, give them wisdom and strength. Wisdom 
to do what is best for our Nation and not just what is good; strength 
to then stand firm for what is best.
  Father, we thank You for our President and ask that You also bless 
him with wisdom and strength. Continue to be with those who serve in 
our military and keep them and their families safe.
  Now, Father, we ask that You be with each person affected by the 
hurricane. May those who have lost family and friends know You are 
there to give them comfort and peace. Be with those who have lost their 
houses, their jobs, and that place which they called home. We thank You 
for those giving help and assistance. Please keep them safe and strong.
  Lord, to overcome something of this magnitude seems impossible; but 
we are thankful that with You nothing is impossible. We give You the 
glory and praise You in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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