[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Holy God, how excellent is Your Name in all the Earth. Our praise can 
never match Your glory and majesty. Your grace gives worth even to the 
least of our efforts, so use us to fulfill Your purposes.
  Give the Members of this body a new vision of Your glory. Help them 
to see that no obstacle is so difficult, no challenge so great, no 
setback so irreversible that Your purposes will not prevail. Free them 
to depend on You more deeply as they wait patiently for You to 
replenish their spirits. Lord, speak to our Senators so that their 
words may reflect the tenor of Your truth and the tone of Your grace. 
Father, let Your Name be magnified, for the kingdom, the power, and the 
glory belong to You. Amen.

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