[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Robert Henderson, First Baptist Church, Lincoln, 
Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father, deliver us from shallow words and impure motivations as 
we pray to You this day. Forgive us for our arrogance, selfishness and 
greed.
  This morning we ask for Your blessing upon our Nation. Restore our 
hope, strengthen our faith, and teach us Your love. Enable us to be a 
nation that cares as we pursue peace, practice mercy and offer 
compassion.
  We pray, O Lord, that You would establish the cause of the faithful, 
give comfort to those that suffer, and set right the injustices within 
our Nation and the world.
  Protect those that defend our cherished freedoms as they serve within 
our military branches.
  Give wisdom to our community leaders, our courts, and our national 
representatives.
  Renew our commitment of service to the people of our Nation and to 
the greater good of all humanity.
  These things we pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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