[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7062]
[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, Lord in all seasons and for all reasons, help us to live 
lives that give You glory. Give us strength to do our duty, to stand 
for right and to give thanks at the remembrance of Your holiness. Help 
us to seek to serve rather than to be served and to treat others as we 
desire them to treat us.
  Give wisdom and discernment to our Senators. Help them to find ways 
to lift people from vicious cycles of poverty, discovering the correct 
balance between personal responsibility and governmental intervention. 
And Lord, we pray today for our troops in harm's way and we pray this 
prayer in Your strong Name.
  Amen.

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