[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7477]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Spirit of the living God, fix our thoughts on You. Let not arrogant 
or impure thinking distract us from listening to You. Focus the 
attention of our Senators on serving You as they seek to do Your will. 
Make them wise to discern what they don't know.
  Lord, today, enable our lawmakers to debate without quarreling. May 
they strengthen their friendships with each other. Inspire them to 
become disciplined followers, always ready to obey Your commands. May 
their lives be open letters for You that people can receive blessings 
from reading. Guide, teach, and strengthen our Senators until they 
reflect Your image of purity, gentleness, honesty, humility, 
generosity, and love.
  We pray in Your blessed Name. Amen.

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