[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. John Sloop, First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we come in prayer knowing that You love us and are 
very much concerned about what goes on in this Chamber today as these 
Members seek to be good stewards of the trust placed in them by ``we 
the people.''
  We confess our human frailty and pray to be delivered from taking up 
today's agenda out of pure self-interest or peer pressure, but rather 
lead us, Lord, ``to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with 
our God.''
  Father, grant each Member wisdom in their thinking on the issues, 
courage in their convictions, and above all, grace in their attitudes 
toward one another.
  And when this day is done, may each one hear the Master say, ``Well 
done, good and faithful servant.''
  Now, Father, with deep respect for the faith traditions of all 
Members, I offer this prayer in the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus 
Christ.
  Amen.

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