[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



[[Page 5513]]

            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday April 9, 2008


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Dr. Carey D. Froelich, First Baptist Church, Baytown, Texas, offered 
the following prayer:
  Holy and Gracious God, we bow before You in wonder and gratitude that 
You care about the affairs of mankind. Thank You for offering divine 
counsel and wisdom to these men and women to whom You have granted the 
privilege of governing.
  Loving Father, empower each Member of this noble body with a vision 
of the common good. May the dynamic of partisan debate unify them in 
their resolve to serve our Nation as a whole. Grant to each participant 
the capacity and the courage to discern truth, to feel compassion, to 
recognize justice, and to act with integrity.
  Lord, I pray that every servant in this House will recognize Your 
presence in this great Hall, and that all will experience the full 
measure of Your blessing as they conduct the affairs of our great 
Nation.
  I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, the Wonderful Counselor upon 
whose shoulders the burden of governance has always rested. Amen.

                          ____________________