[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Lonnie Mitchell, Sr., Pastor, Bethel African Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Spokane, Washington, offered the following prayer:
  God of mercy, God of grace, pour out Your spirit upon those chosen to 
conduct the business of this great Nation in this legislative body.
  We come to You, Lord, with deep reverence and confidence in Your 
power to sustain equality and justice for all through those who swore 
to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
  We commend to Your care and guidance each member of the executive, 
legislative, and judicial branches of our government. Order their steps 
in Your word of truth that You may accomplish Your will.
  Lord, we pray for those who have lost their lives from war or natural 
disaster. We pray for poverty-stricken lives all over this world. We 
pray for all families affected by life's calamities.
  Lord, let freedom reign in the hearts and minds of our national 
leaders to bring about the ideology of the Founding Fathers: One Nation 
Under God.
  Respectful of all faiths, I humbly ask this in the name of Jesus. 
Amen.

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