[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rev. Dr. Adam Dooley, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga, 
Tennessee, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we come seeking Your blessing on this hallowed hall 
and the men and women who serve here. We do so with the full awareness 
of the Apostle Paul's teaching that ``there is no authority except from 
God, and those which exist are established by God.''
  So Lord, we pray that Your steady hand guide them, Your eternal 
wisdom inform them, Your compassionate heart encourage them, and Your 
relentless holiness purify them.
  May their decisions preserve America as a city on a hill with a light 
that cannot be hidden. Forgive us of our sins as we forgive those who 
sin against us. Bring us to a place of humility before You in order 
that we might enjoy Your richest blessings.
  In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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