[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3748]
[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 God, source of light and consolation, we need You every hour. 
Our strength is inadequate to meet the challenges of our time, so we 
place our hope in You.
  Strengthen our Senators. Give them knowledge and wisdom to solve the 
riddles that beset us. Open their minds to think Your thoughts. Make 
them quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. May they place 
themselves under Your control so that You can use them for Your glory. 
Lead them through life's storms with hope in their hearts. Help them to 
commit to You everything they think, say, and do today.
  We pray in Your transforming Name. Amen.

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