[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by Dr. 
Vaughn W. Baker, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Fort 
Worth, TX.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious and loving God, the One in whom we live and move and have 
our being, we call upon You this day, seeking Your blessing in this 
U.S. Senate. We call upon You for wisdom and courage, knowing that 
without You we can do nothing but also knowing that in You we can do 
all things.
  We remember that every good and perfect gift comes from You, the 
Father of lights, and we seek Your presence and blessing in all we do 
this day. We remember the words of Scripture which remind us, saying, 
``Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.''
  We thank You for the sacred gift and trust given to us in the Senate, 
looking to You in all things, through Christ, in whose Name we pray. 
Amen.

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