[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Billy F. Hudgins, Cross Creek Community Church, Hokes Bluff, 
Alabama, offered the following prayer:
  Lord, our gratitude to You for being in this place, and hallowed by 
the presence, and we're honored by the blessings that You bestow upon 
us and upon those that will be represented by the ones in the room.
  Lord, our cry this morning is for Your wisdom. Our cry is for Your 
mercy, Your anointing so that the ones in this room may accomplish 
their task that's been assigned to them today with insight far greater 
than their own ingenuity and other provisions.
  Lord, give to this House a spirit of unity that supersedes personal 
prejudice or party pressures so that Your divine purpose may be 
accomplished this day.
  Lord, for those precious men and women serving in Iraq and other 
difficult global assignments, or for those protecting us here at home, 
guide them with a sense that their task is Yours.
  And Lord, may the words of our mouth, the meditations of our heart be 
acceptable in Your sight, oh, Lord, our strength, our redeemer.
  Lord, we pray these things in that sweet name of Jesus, Your son.
  Amen.

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