[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend James T. Golden, Ward Temple A.M.E. Church, Bradenton, 
Florida, offered the following prayer:
  God omnipotent, God omniscient, God omnipresent: We thank You for 
Your mercy that gently awakened us this morning for another day of 
service to our Nation. And we thank You for Your grace that will 
empower us to overcome any challenges we will face.
  We pray now for our President and all of our fellow servants in 
Federal, State, and local government across the land. Let Thy will be 
done today in everything they see, everything they utter, everything 
they hear, everything they think, and everything they feel.
  We also pray for our vigilant, valiant Armed Forces as they protect 
our interests, defend our liberty, and secure justice at home and 
abroad in selfless sacrifice for our country.
  O God our help in ages past, God of our weary years, God of our 
silent tears, God who has brought us thus far along the way, O God our 
hope for years to come, keep our Nation forever in Thy path of goodness 
and righteousness we pray. Amen.

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