[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Stephen Willis, First Baptist Church, Kenova, West 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  To the One who governs seas and quells the storms, we thank You for 
authoring each life and granting hope in times of calamity. We come to 
You on the eve of this election, seeking wisdom from Isaiah 1. For 
failing to take up the cause of the fatherless, we ask for mercy. For 
insufficiently defending the case of the widow, we humbly repent.
  Teach us to fear You and keep Your commandments. May we learn to do 
good, seek justice, and rebuke those who would oppress Your children.
  Restore our rulers as at the first, and our judges as at the 
beginning, that we might be called a nation of righteousness, a 
faithful people. May we be redeemed by justice and those who repent by 
righteousness.
  Let the wretched, poor, pitiful, naked and blind experience the 
transformation of Your grace so that Your name, O Lord, might be 
exalted among the nations. Amen.

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