[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28478]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord of our lives, I stand before You this day in the presence of 
those who, along with our President and House of Representatives, are 
responsible for the governance of our Nation and, to a large extent, 
the welfare of our world. I am acutely aware, dear Lord, that they are 
grappling with momentous issues in these challenging times at home and 
abroad.
  As on previous occasions throughout our Nation's history, O Lord, I 
believe that we stand in need of Your divine guidance. We need the kind 
of insight and wisdom that comes from on high. We need minds and hearts 
that are in tune with Your spirit. We need a renewed sense of purpose, 
which is founded upon those divinely ordained principles that were 
established by our forefathers.
  So come now and guide the Members of this Senate in their 
deliberations this day. May their words and their actions reflect the 
mind and the heart of the One who loves us and who has redeemed us 
through His Son in whose Name we pray. Amen.

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