[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 708]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God who has comprehended our lives and is the author and finisher 
of our faith, teach us to live our days with the heights above us and 
on level plains. We thank You for Your grace that strengthens us for 
the tasks of each day and for the unfolding of Your wonderful 
Providence. Keep us from becoming intoxicated by the desire for success 
and protect us from the fear of failure that paralyzes noble striving. 
Lead us through the abysses of pride and across the gorges of 
pretension to the richness of Your transforming spirit of love.
  Guide the Members of our Nation's legislative branch today with Your 
wisdom. Show them solutions to the problems that beset our land. 
Empower them with a compassion that seeks first Your glory and deliver 
them from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind.
  Help us all to praise You with our words and deeds.
  We pray in the name of the captain of our salvation.
  Amen.

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