[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12321]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's guest Chaplain, Rev. John Fuller, 
senior pastor of Prairie Lakes Church in Cedar Falls, IA, will lead the 
Senate in prayer.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  God of all nations and all peoples, we come before You on this day 
acknowledging You as the sovereign Lord of this Nation and of the whole 
world.
  Father, it is a privilege to pray for these lawmakers, knowing that 
You hear and respond to the prayers of Your people. I pray for these 
women and men, whom You have put in this position, that they would be 
filled with Your wisdom to make wise choices and decisions as they lead 
this country. I pray that this body will be courageous, that they 
wouldn't be led by fear or their own personal desires but they would 
have the courage to lead with conviction that comes from You. Give 
these Senators strength to lead well through difficult times, that they 
would be strengthened in their inner being by a power that only comes 
from You.
  And, Father, I pray for a spirit of humility that recognizes that 
others are more important than we are and that You have plans that are 
greater than ours; that, Father, we would lead with humble and gracious 
hearts.
  We pray all this in Jesus's Name. Amen.

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