[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1984]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by former 
Senate Chaplain Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie of Los Angeles, CA.
  The guest chaplain offered the following prayer:
  ``Wait on the Lord; take courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. 
Wait, I say, on the Lord.''
  Gracious God, Sovereign of our Nation, Lord of our lives and source 
of inspiration and courage for the high calling of political 
leadership, the bracing admonition of the psalmist sounds in our souls. 
Wait on You Lord? That is not easy for us to do. Then we realize that 
waiting on You is not for You to catch up with us to bless what we have 
already decided but for us to linger in Your presence until we think 
Your thoughts, experience Your love, will to do Your will, and receive 
Your supernatural guidance for the great issues we face. Thank You for 
stopping us in our tracks, capturing our minds, quieting our stress-
strained emotions, and interrupting our flow of words with Your Word, 
``Be still and know that I am God.''
  Father, we need You more than our next breath and we depend on You 
more than the thump of our next heartbeat.
  We really believe there is no problem too big for You to solve, no 
division so complex that there is no solution through creative 
compromise, and no struggle for political power that You cannot turn 
into a stepping stone.
  On this day of the State of the Union Address, bless our President as 
he speaks and the Members of Congress as they listen, that unified by 
patriotism, they may lead our beloved Nation through this turbulent 
time. We thank You for the patriotic Americans who lead this Senate: 
Robert Byrd, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin, and Trent Lott. 
We wait on You. Grant us courage and strengthen our hearts. You are our 
Lord and Savior. Amen.

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