[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21752-21753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Richard D. Turpin, Second Baptist Church, Catskill, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father and our God, Creator and everlasting Redeemer, we come 
asking Your Holy presence to be with us today. We are filled with great 
joy that You allowed us to gather here this morning. We thank You for 
being our protector of lasting nights lying down and the guidance of 
this morning's sunrise.
  Father, we ask Your Holy Spirit to bless the work of this day and 
bless the governing body of this House to be on one accord in spirit 
and in truth. So every plan, every proposal, every decision would be 
orchestrated by Your presence.
  Lord, I ask You to be kind and graceful, and place a hedge of love 
and patience around the families in the homes of these, Your leaders, 
while they're doing the assigned work of our Nation.
  Father, we ask Your peace where there is war, love where there is 
anger, and joy where there is sorrow. And we place it now in Your hands 
and trust it to be so.
  And we pray this prayer in the name that is above all names, Jesus, 
our Lord. Amen.

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