[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Frank M. Deerey, Jr., Senior Pastor, First Baptist 
Church, LaBelle, Florida, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Heavenly Father, this morning I ask Your blessing upon the men 
and women who are gathered to conduct business as representatives for 
the people of this great Nation. God, each of these leaders has a need 
on his or her heart, and I pray that You will be recognized as a God 
who will meet every need as You are called on to provide strength, 
wisdom and the discernment to make difficult decisions that will affect 
so many people of the United States.
  Father, I pray for these leaders, who have been given the awesome 
responsibility to lead, that You will guide them to lead in a way that 
pleases You and strengthens Your plan for this country. You have 
blessed the United States incredibly, and we give You praise for these 
blessings. Father, guide us to remember the words of the Psalmist to, 
``Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us; we are His people 
and the sheep of His pasture.'' In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

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