[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, our Father, You are our light and our salvation. Whom then 
shall we fear? We thank You for all of life's positive things. Help us 
to see them and to count them and to remember them, that our lives may 
flow in ceaseless praise.
  Use our lawmakers. Control their minds that all of their thoughts 
will be guided by You. Shine Your light upon their path and strengthen 
them to walk according to Your will. Give them a sense of duty that 
they may leave nothing that they ought to do undone. Teach them to 
follow You, and lead them on the right path.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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