[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Spirit, remind us that the things that unite us are stronger 
than the forces that divide as You give us discipline for today.
  Help us to discipline our desires, that we will live without regrets.
  Help us to discipline our appetites, that we will avoid the pitfalls 
of self-indulgence.
  Help us to discipline our speech, that our words will build up and 
not tear down.
  Help us to discipline ourselves in our work, that we will focus on 
pleasing You.
  Help us to discipline ourselves in our pleasure, that we will honor 
You even with our laughter.
  Help us to discipline even our thoughts, that the meditations of our 
hearts will be acceptable to You.
  Strengthen the Members of this body with the discipline to do Your 
will.
  We pray this in Your strong Name. Amen.

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