[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, we come to You in weakness and seek Your strength. 
Without Your presence in our lives, we can't succeed.
  Today, strengthen the Members of this body to do Your will. Lift 
their burdens and fill them with Your wisdom, transforming them into 
instruments of Your providence. May they dedicate their talents to be 
used for Your glory. Reach out and touch them with the finger of Your 
love so that they can feel You guiding them. Lord, make them willing to 
follow. Give them courage to creatively confront the problems that 
bring hopelessness to so many in our world. We pray in the Name of Him 
who is our hope for years to come. Amen.

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