[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Pastor Joe Hishmeh, Fellowship Bible Church, Topeka, Kansas, offered 
the following prayer:
  Almighty Father in heaven:
  What a joy and privilege it is to seek You through prayer. All across 
this great land of the United States of America, we are in need of Your 
guidance, Your direction, wisdom, and grace. Heal us from our sins, 
restore us to Yourself and be glorified in our lives.
  We entrust our citizens, our troops, public servants, and leaders to 
You this day. You have established this distinguished assembly of 
leaders to represent our citizens, and we simply ask You to use each of 
them to make a positive difference today.
  We recognize Your powerful hand of guidance, Your heart of love for 
people, Your mind of wisdom and righteousness. May they offer a help 
and a hand, a hope and a future through the decisions that are made in 
this place.
  I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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