[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1200]
[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 Lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to 
receive Your holy spirit. Help us to bow to Your will and live lives 
devoted to Your providential leading.
  Bless our Senators in their work. Let faith, hope, and love abound in 
their lives. Help them to seek to heal the hurt in our world and to be 
forces for harmony and goodness. Lord, remind them that they will be 
judged by their fruits and that You require them to be faithful. May 
they seek to serve rather than be served, following Your example of 
humility and sacrifice. Open their minds and give them a vision of the 
unlimited possibilities available to those who trust You as their 
guide.
  We pray in the Name of Him who is our refuge from life's storms. 
Amen.

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