[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 27903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, the Lord of life, we love You but not enough. We look to 
You but depend too often on our own strength. We listen for You but 
make a lot of noise ourselves at the same time. We try to understand, 
as long as it doesn't change us more than we desire.
  Today, draw our Senators closer to You. Empower our lawmakers to 
become what You desire them to be. Give them Your continual guidance so 
that they will console the downhearted and provide deliverance to those 
held captive by evil. Help our lawmakers to hear Your invitation to 
move to a higher level of ethical fitness.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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