[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26693]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by our guest 
Chaplain, Rev. Jim Henry, pastor emeritus, First Baptist Church, 
Orlando, FL.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Bow your heads and hearts with me, please.
  Dear Father, we acknowledge You as almighty, sovereign, holy God. 
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the 
majesty, and the splendor for everything--in heaven and Earth--is 
Yours. I know, my God, that You test the heart and are pleased with 
integrity. Grant it for these who serve in this Senate. Remind every 
one of us that we are servant leaders, so give humility and not 
arrogance.
  May your holy angels protect each household. Bless the staff and all 
of those who work behind the scenes with joy in their labor. Surround 
our Senators with people who would speak truth to their ears, so to 
place principle above temporary favor. Teach us to number our days that 
we may apply our hearts to wisdom, that we might discern the times. 
Instruct us with the reality that 100 years from now, names will be but 
print on the pages of history. Let their legacy be a nation that 
remains free and a lighthouse of hope to the world and that this Senate 
served this generation nobly. We desire Your ``Well done, good and 
faithful servant.'' So help us God.
  In the name of my God, my Lord, my saviour Jesus Christ, I pray. 
Amen.

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