[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend John Reynolds, Volusia County Baptist Church, Orange City, 
Florida, offered the following prayer:
  Father, we are humbly grateful for Your blessings on our lives and on 
our Nation. We ask Your forgiveness in every area where we have failed 
You.
  I pray these honorable Representatives elected to serve You here in 
this House will seek, find, and follow Your wisdom. You can give simple 
solutions to complex problems. Our country needs a revival of 
solutions.
  I pray, also, for the needs of all in the House today. Bless them, 
their families, and their constituents with Your loving care and 
protection.
  Please bless and protect those serving in our military striving to 
maintain the peace and freedom we enjoy. May we not neglect nor abuse 
those blessings.
  My Father, at Your instruction, I pray for all those in authority 
over me. I ask that You help Your people to be good citizens for Your 
glory and the good of this Nation.
  In Jesus' name I pray.
  Amen.

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