[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rev. Kelly D. McInerney, Bible Baptist Church, Wilmington, Ohio, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Father, by Your divine providence You have blessed the American 
people. You have blessed us with Your Spirit, for where the Spirit of 
the Lord is, there is liberty. You have given to us the greatest form 
of government that humanity has ever known. Today, I pray for the men 
and women who represent the legislative branch of that government. I 
pray for them to have wisdom as they debate the issues and decisions 
that affect the lives of their constituents. I pray for them as they 
consider our men and women in uniform who are protecting our freedoms. 
I pray for them to seek Your guidance as they seek solutions to the 
many needs our country faces. Ohio's State motto is, ``With God, all 
things are possible.'' May these representatives of the people of the 
United States have hope, confidence, and trust in those words. May they 
truly believe that with God, all things are possible. Bless them this 
day in the work that You have appointed them to do. And we ask these 
things in the name of Your Son, and our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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