[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Dr. Mark E. Harris, First Baptist Church, Charlotte, 
North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we enter Your presence today on behalf of our 
Nation, our leaders and ourselves. We come, not by our own worthiness, 
but by Your glorious invitation to ``come unto Me all who are weary, 
and I will give you rest.''
  Please grant us wisdom today, for we need divine wisdom to fulfill 
the purposes You have for us. We need Your guidance to be able to heal 
the brokenhearted. We need Your strength to proclaim liberty to the 
captives and recovery of sight to the blind. We need Your power to free 
the oppressed.
  So, I ask, Lord, that You would speak to the Nation, and that, 
indeed, we would all have ears to hear, eyes to see, hearts and minds 
ready to receive Your word.
  God bless this House of Representatives, and may their minds be of 
Your mind. I ask this prayer in Jesus' name.
  Amen.

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