[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, June 11, 2008


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend John I. Caples, Jr., Jesus Name Apostolic Church, 
Waukegan, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father, we thank You for the blessings and the prosperity of our 
country. You have told us, as parents tell their children, to make wise 
choices; however, when you don't know what to do, seek guidance. Your 
Word says that if My people will humble themselves and seek My face and 
turn from their wicked ways that You would heal their land.
  Teach us the value of unity, because ``a house divided cannot 
stand.'' Teach us the value of oneness, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 
These three are one. Teach us that the well-being of the country as a 
whole is more important than any portion alone.
  You have told us that when the righteous are in control, the people 
rejoice. We invoke You to guide our leaders as You did King Solomon. 
Give them wisdom to govern so great a people and so great a Nation. 
These things we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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