[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, the center of our joy, we thank You for all the 
blessings we receive daily as gifts from You. Though we don't deserve 
them, Your mercies provide for all our needs.
  Help our lawmakers this day to move from simply knowing about You 
into a vital relationship based on faith in the unfolding of Your 
loving providence. Inspire them to rely on Your love as they seek to 
live faithfully.
  As You cleanse our hearts and keep us clean, birth within us all a 
burning desire to flee from all habitual and willful sin.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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