[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to 
receive Your spirit. Help us to bow to Your will and live lives devoted 
to Your providential leading.
  Bless our Senators in their work. Let faith, hope and love abound in 
their lives. Help them to seek to heal our hurting Nation and world and 
to be forces for harmony and goodness. Lord, may they have much needed 
wisdom in making decisions regarding the stimulus bill. Remind them 
that if they ask for Your wisdom, You will grant it in abundance. May 
they seek to serve rather than be served, following Your example of 
humility and sacrifice. Open their minds and give them a vision of the 
unlimited possibilities available to those who trust You as their 
guide.
  We pray in the Name of Him who is our refuge from life's storms. 
Amen.

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