[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11262]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by Rev. 
Kris Holzmeyer, campus pastor of Northwoods Baptist Church in Newburgh, 
IN.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Omnipotent Heavenly Father, we come to You this day in a spirit of 
worship. You are sovereign in all things and active in the affairs of 
men.
  We are grateful for the blessings of freedom and prosperity You have 
bestowed upon our country and its citizens. We acknowledge that You and 
You alone are the provider of those blessings.
  Lord, we ask for Your forgiveness for the many sins that plague our 
Nation. We ask for Your divine intervention as we move forward seeking 
to bring You glory and honor as a people. Today, men and women will 
gather in this room to make decisions on behalf of the American people. 
All of them have left family, friends, and occupations to serve a 
greater cause. Will You bless them, Lord? Will You shower them with 
Your favor? Help them to be unified, seeking Your will first and making 
Your motives their own. May the decisions they reach today serve our 
people well but, most importantly, may they be pleasing unto You.
  In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

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