[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, we have heard with our own ears and seen with our own 
eyes Your great power on our behalf. Lord, our ancestors told us about 
You, how You kept them from disgrace, drove out evil, delivered them 
from shackles, rescued them from trouble, protected them from 
hardships, and kept this Nation free. We praise You for using our 
lawmakers for Your glory. Accept our thanksgiving as we press toward 
the future, eager to serve Your purposes for our lives in this 
generation.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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