[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by Rev. Henry 
Wilkins IV, from St. James United Methodist Church in Pine Bluff, AR.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Good Morning. Let us pray.
  Almighty God of love and mercy, God of power and grace, today we pray 
for the understanding to always seek Your wisdom and justice. It is 
through Your authority, righteously administered, that our leaders are 
enabled to govern through the laws enacted for our betterment.
  So we pray for Your spirit, that these Members might be properly 
guided by Your divine charity and by an undaunted faithfulness. In 
these difficult times, may a hope that springs from Your divine well of 
blessings sustain and direct us, give counsel and courage to the 
leaders of this great body and its Members. May they always seek Your 
purpose and the well-being of this great people. Bless the leaders of 
this group of Senators. Bless the President of our great Nation. Grant 
now Your unfathomable protection that they may lead our country with 
the honesty of providence and the integrity of high ideals.
  We ask all this in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 
Amen.

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