[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18994]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Bryan Thiessen, Journey Church, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, 
offered the following prayer:
  Father, we thank You for this Nation, Your love, and, most of all, 
Your forgiveness of sins.
  We acknowledge, as Scripture states in James 1:5, that You are the 
giver of all wisdom. May You give these men and women, whom You have 
placed in leadership over this Nation, Your wisdom in all their deeds 
and discussions.
  According to Romans 13, ``Let everyone be subject to the governing 
authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has 
established.'' May these here be good stewards of this responsibility, 
leadership, and Your gift of freedom for our Nation.
  We ask for Your special protection over our military and blessing for 
their families. We pray for our enemies, as You instruct us in Matthew 
5:44. May their plans be thwarted, and may they come to the love and 
grace that You offer.
  In the only name through whom man can be saved, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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