[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16955]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Jerome Milton, Greater New Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist 
Church, Tyler, Texas, offered the following prayer:
  Father God, how loving, how gracious, how wonderful, how good, how 
vast are Your methods for bringing us ever so close to You so that we 
might experience Your awesome power of love and care for us as a 
Nation.
  Lord God, we pray today that You will let common ground and middle 
ground be the order of the day for the common good of our Nation.
  Loving God, bless the Members of the people's House. Give them wisdom 
and understanding to be a blessing to our house.
  Merciful God, in times like these, oh, precious Lord, take their 
hands, touch their hearts, speak to their souls, that the Members of 
this body may be bold servants of this Nation.
  Our eternal God, may all that is done this day be for Your greater 
honor and glory, forever and ever.
  Amen.

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