[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5935]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, we come to You in weakness and seek Your strength. 
Without Your presence, life's challenges overwhelm. Lift our burdens 
and fill our life with Your joy.
  Strengthen our lawmakers. Use their talents and abilities to make a 
positive difference in our world. Empower them with Your providential 
care to find creative paths that will bring this Nation to a desired 
destination. Inspire their minds with insight and wisdom, their hearts 
with resiliency and courage, and their bodies with vigor and vitality. 
May your peace flow into them, calming their spirits, directing their 
dispositions, and controlling all they say and do.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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