[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  We acknowledge today, O Lord, Your power, mercy, and grace. We need 
Your power for the challenges we face. We need Your mercy, for we 
transgress Your law and fall short of Your glory. We need Your grace, 
for we cannot offer anything to merit Your favor or gain Your love.
  Empower our Senators for today's journey. Give them confidence to 
draw near to You that they may find grace to help them in this time of 
need. May they pass their days in Your presence. Enable them to learn 
the faithful stewardship of time, energy, and abundance. Temper their 
gifts with Your wisdom as You help them with their decisions. Remind 
them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation but 
accomplishes little with criticism and bitterness.
  We pray in the Name of Him who came to bring peace on Earth. Amen.

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