[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Immortal, invisible, God only wise, You know our needs before we ask 
You but wait to bless us until we ask You for Your help. So, Lord, we 
are asking You to fill our lawmakers with energy for the tasks You have 
assigned their hands to do. Let no pride of power betray them into 
rejecting Your precepts and purposes, but help them face the challenges 
of these difficult times with a total dependence on You.
  Lord, save us from ourselves, as You help us to remember that in our 
Nation's history, well-meaning people have sown to the wind but reaped 
the whirlwind.
  While our military men and women risk and give their lives for 
liberty overseas, may we be willing to sacrifice for freedom at home.
  Lord, without Your help, we cannot succeed; with Your power, we 
cannot fail.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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