[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, we are gratefully aware that You are the giver of every 
good and perfect gift. We are further aware of our own unworthiness of 
Your goodness.
  As our Senators labor today, make them extensions of Your power in 
our world. May they arrange their priorities according to Your will and 
view their challenges from an ethical perspective. Lord, use our 
lawmakers to bring relief to the suffering and to work for greater 
peace in our world. Help them to walk in Your way, that You may prolong 
their days and prosper their work. Give them the wisdom to be worthy of 
respect, self-controlled, and willing to endure. Sustain them in their 
challenging moments by renewing their faith in You.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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