[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, we wait for You and in Your Word do we place our hope. Help us 
never to run ahead of You. Quiet our doubts and calm our fears as You 
remind us that many things are better left to You.
  Challenge our lawmakers today to put their trust and hope in You. 
Encourage them with the fact that You know their works and their 
motives. Help them to know that You will guide them with Your 
providence if they will only seek Your will in all things.
  Open all of our eyes to Your presence among us in the kind deeds and 
generous acts that we encounter along life's journey. Let Your grace 
transform us and Your mercy keep us on the path of faithfulness.
  We pray in Your wonderful Name. Amen.

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