[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, our rock, fortress, and deliverer, we trust You to strengthen 
us today.
  Empower our Senators with humility to listen, wisdom to understand, 
courage to attempt, and power to obey. May they devote themselves to 
the honorable, the noble, and the good. Keep them from self-indulgence, 
mental lethargy, and negative expectations as You guide their hearts 
and minds in the knowledge of Your love. Purify their ambitions so that 
they may set their hearts only on that which pleases You. May they find 
even in problems opportunities to discover Your power.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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