[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Tri Robinson, Vineyard Boise Church, Boise, Idaho, offered 
the following prayer:
  Good morning. It is a privilege to be here.
  At a time like this, I didn't want to rely on my own wisdom to pray 
for you this morning or with you this morning, so I would like to pray 
the words of the Apostle Paul as he addressed the Philippians.
  Dear Lord, as the Apostle Paul once prayed over the people of 
Philippi, today we echo not only his words, but the heart from which 
they were spoken.
  We pray that if we have any encouragement from belonging to God, any 
comfort from His love, any fellowship together in His spirit, then let 
our hearts be tender and compassionate, agreeing wholeheartedly with 
each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and 
one purpose.
  We pray, as Paul prayed, for pure motives, for selflessness, not 
trying to impress others, but being humble, thinking of others as more 
important than ourselves. We pray that we wouldn't look out for our own 
interests, but represent the interests of those that we're called to 
serve. We pray that we might have the same attitude as that of Christ, 
as He willingly and purposefully became a servant, literally laying 
down His life for the benefit of all mankind.
  We pray these things over this place, this House today, in Jesus' 
name. Amen.

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