[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by our 
guest Chaplain Dean Chambers, who is the associate pastor of Mount 
Pleasant Baptist Church, Elkview, WV.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our heavenly Father, we come before You humbly to thank You for the 
awesome privilege it is to live in this great Nation. Thank You for all 
the many blessings You have given us past and present, as well as the 
continued blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as 
we continue toward the future.
  We ask that You protect us from all who threaten the cause of 
liberty. We especially pray that Your hand of protection be upon all 
those serving in our Armed Forces and all those who serve the cause of 
freedom around our world.
  In this assembly today, we invite Your leadership and guidance as the 
affairs of state are pursued. I ask also that You give to each person 
wisdom and understanding for the decisions that are made. In times of 
debate and difference, may we remember that at the end of the day we 
are, indeed, ``one Nation under God.''
  May the love of God the Father, the grace and mercy of the Lord 
Jesus, and the communion of Your spirit rest upon the Members of our 
Senate today.
  In Jesus's Name. Amen.

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