[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Father of all, we pray today for our Senators. You said in Your Word 
that we should pray for those who govern so that we may live quiet and 
peaceable lives in all Godliness and honesty. So we ask You to walk 
beside our lawmakers. Give them wisdom and knowledge. May discretion be 
their shield, delivering them from the evil path. Direct their 
decisions and infuse them with the spirit of knowledge and discernment. 
Deliver them from all littleness of heart, shallowness of mind, and 
smugness of spirit that would keep them from embracing Your purposes. 
Draw them into deeper friendship with You and each other.
  We pray in the Name of Him who gives us life eternal. Amen.

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