[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, our King, we praise You for providing for our needs. 
Great is Your faithfulness.
  Abide with our lawmakers, enabling them to discover the unshakeable 
even as they labor during shaken times. In this perishable world, show 
them what is truly secure and constant. Lord, keep them humble, 
tolerant, and open-minded, always aware of their limited, fallible 
knowledge. Remind them that the anvil of Your everlasting truth will 
wear out the many hammers of skepticism, cynicism, and despair.
  Lord, thank You for being the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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