[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Move deeply in our hearts today, O Lord, so that we will conform to 
Your ways. Help us to understand Your purposes and submit to Your 
providence.
  Empower our lawmakers to do Your will. Make them hungry and thirsty 
for Your spirit and power. Show them Your plan. Teach them Your paths. 
Instruct them on how to make our world a better place so that the 
sacrifices of those who die for our freedoms will not be in vain.
  Open doors of greater opportunity for service as our Senators seek to 
be instruments for Your glory. May pleasing You become the primary aim 
of their labors. We pray in Your righteous Name. Amen.

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