[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Jason Parks, Refuge Church, Huntsville, Alabama, offered the 
following prayer:
  Father God, thank You for the rich blessings You've lavished on the 
United States of America.
  We are so unworthy of Your grace and Your mercy. Today, we pray for 
the men and women of the United States House of Representatives.
  Give them great wisdom, protection, and steadfast resolve. In their 
personal lives we ask that You replace turmoil with peace, bitterness 
with joy, and doubt with encouragement.
  For our country, Father, we ask that You give us a renewed sense of 
gratitude, an unquenchable zeal for serving those who are in need, and 
unity toward the common purpose of liberty.
  Above all else, Father, we honor You today. We humbly intercede on 
behalf of our country and her leaders.
  In Jesus' name, Amen.

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