[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, the light for those who know You and the security for 
those who love You, You formed us in Your image and likeness. Help us, 
therefore, to live as children of Your kingdom. May we not squander our 
inheritance of faith, integrity, love, humility, and perseverance in a 
far country of waste. Empower us instead, O God, to live worthy of Your 
Name.
  Use our lawmakers to do Your will. May they remember not only to 
serve the haves but also the have-nots: the hungry, the homeless, the 
persecuted, the voiceless, and the powerless. Fill our Senators with 
compassion so that they will glorify and honor You.
  We pray in Your marvelous Name. Amen.

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