[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend John H. Parker, Pastor, Central Baptist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, we thank You for the blessings that You have given us 
this day. We pray, Lord, that the things that are done today will be 
done pleasing in Your sight, that they will be a blessing unto Your 
people and edifying unto You.
  We pray O Lord, that You continue to bless the President of these 
United States of America, lead him in every level of his life and all 
leadership that has been given to and staff to help him. We pray for 
the protection of our Armed Forces, especially those who are serving in 
Afghanistan and in Iraq. We pray for their families who are left back 
here. We ask that You comfort them. I know when the phone rings at 
night it gets lonely, but be with them.
  Guide us and keep us throughout the day and let everything that be 
done in this institution be done for Your glory and for the benefit of 
Your people. In Jesus' name we pray, our hearts say, Amen.

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