[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Spirit, the giver of every good and perfect gift, we are 
sinful people seeking salvation. We are lost people seeking direction. 
We are doubting people seeking faith. Teach us, O God, the way of 
salvation. Show us the path to meaningful life. Reveal to us the steps 
of faith.
  Today, use the Members of this body to fulfill Your purposes. Quicken 
their hearts and purify their minds. Broaden their concerns and 
strengthen their commitments. Show them duties left undone, remind them 
of vows unkept, and reveal to them tasks unattended. Lead them, Father, 
through this season of challenge to a deeper experience with You. Then 
send them from Your presence to be Your instruments of good in our 
world.
  We pray in the Name of Him who is our hope for years to come. Amen.

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