[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas, offered the 
following prayer:
  Father, we thank You that You show Your goodness and Your favor to 
the United States of America and to those who govern it. We ask that 
You bless this House of Representatives and each Member who serves in 
it. Help these lawmakers to search their hearts so that they may serve 
with dignity and honor and that through them our Nation will achieve 
the destiny that You have set before us. Give them wisdom as they make 
good decisions, courage that they will hold fast to Your truth, and 
compassion that all should prosper from their laws.
  We receive Your presence here today. Father, we pray that these 
lawmakers will remain mindful of You and that they will honor You in 
everything they do here.
  In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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