[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain Mark Campbell, Office for the Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, enlighten our eyes that we may see clearly Your 
purposes for our great country, and grant Your wisdom to these 
dedicated leaders. Provide the ability to discern the best from the 
good, the workable from the unhandy, the useful from the frivolous. 
``Make us to choose the harder right over the easier wrong.''
  I ask this day for Your energy and benediction on the work of this 
body, on the decisions to be made, and in the agreements to be struck.
  Protect our troops today, and change the hearts of those who wish ill 
against our Nation.
  I also ask Your divine blessing on each House Member, their families, 
and their staffs.
  With gratitude to You, most high God, I pray in the name of my 
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

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