[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord of all life, Giver of all wisdom, as a people, we Americans do 
not ask for special favors above others. We know already we are richly 
blessed. We do not seek exemption from stress or the temptations that 
beset all peoples. We simply and humbly ask You, Lord, to take us as we 
are, dwell within us by Your Spirit, and shape us to be Your very own 
kind of people, righteous and God-fearing.
  Guide our President and this Congress in all their decisions. Be with 
the Members of this Chamber and their families this weekend. Protect 
and defend this Nation, for we place all our trust in You, Who are 
Sovereign Lord both now and forever.
  Amen.

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