[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Benny Tate, Rock Springs Church, Milner, Georgia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Heavenly Father, we bow our heads in Your presence. The Bible 
teaches us, ``Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to 
dwell together in unity, because a House divided will not stand.''
  May Your servants in this body not look to parties, personalities, 
preferences, or press, but may they focus on principles and people. Let 
no personal ambition blind them to their responsibilities and 
accountability.
  God, we call our Representatives politicians, but You call them 
ministers. May all the Members of this body make full proof of their 
ministry. I ask for Your guidance on their decisions and grace on their 
families.
  I pray the Members of this body will seek Thy will and ways and have 
the spiritual courage and grace to follow it. Lift them above the 
claims of politics unto the dimension of a higher calling and mission.
  We pray this prayer, respecting all faiths, but pray it in the name 
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  Amen.

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