[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13790]
[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, who has been our dwelling place in all generations, keep us 
under the canopy of Your care. Guide our Senators by the power of Your 
wisdom and love. Lord, don't separate them from life's stresses and 
strains or keep them from problems and pain but sustain them by Your 
grace as each of life's seasons unfolds. Shelter them in their coming 
in and their going out, using them as Your instruments to advance Your 
kingdom. May all they say and do today be under Your control and for 
Your glory. As You have guided people in the past, so lead our 
lawmakers today.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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