[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Wondrous God, angels bow before You, heaven and Earth adore You.
  As the days pass swiftly, we pause to thank You for surrounding us 
with the shield of Your favor. Your anger is only for a moment, but 
Your favor is for a lifetime.
  Today, lead our lawmakers to greater maturity and wholeness in You. 
May they grow in grace and in a deeper knowledge of You, becoming 
better prepared to be Your ambassadors, reconciling the world to You. 
May they continue to be controlled by Your Spirit, always walking on 
the road that leads to life. Give them, O God, a common commitment to 
the crucial cause of keeping America strong.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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