[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Charlie Martin, Bethel Baptist Church, Vilas, North 
Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Heavenly Father, today, Lord, we enter Your gates with 
thanksgiving and enter Your courts with praise. Thank You for Your 
blessings for America, our home. I call on You, O Lord, to bless our 
land again.
  In the Bible, we read, ``If My people which are called by My name 
shall humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their 
wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin 
and will heal their land.''
  Father, You know that I trust You and Your holy Word. I call on You 
this morning to place Your great hand upon this Congress and upon this 
people.
  Please grant Your wisdom in their decisions and leadership on behalf 
of all Americans. For all of us who love this land and call America 
home, we call on You together today.
  In Jesus' name, amen.

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