[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Brian Lee, Christ Reformed Church, Washington, D.C., 
offered the following prayer:
  Creator, God, merciful and just.
  You dwell above in holiness, a father to the fatherless, protector of 
widows and orphans. Dear Lord, rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them 
from the hand of the wicked.
  Give wisdom to this body. You hold all things in Your almighty hand, 
and You have established this House of Representatives and every 
governing authority as Your servants that they might protect the 
defenseless, praise those who do good and punish those who do evil.
  Preserve and protect our President.
  Humble all these Your servants with Your holy law, which You shine 
forth in all our hearts. Help them to seek peace.
  You are a God who saves. Convict us of all our sins that we might 
know deliverance from these our wicked ways.
  Hear this prayer for the sake of the merits of Your only Son, the 
crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
  Amen.

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