[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14881]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  From the depths of gratitude, O Lord, we lift our hearts in prayer. 
Hear our petitions and fill us with Your peace. Lord, still and quiet 
our hearts, bringing to us a serenity that comes from trusting the 
power of Your providential love.
  Inspire our lawmakers to develop such a close relationship with You 
that they would strive to please You always. As You fill their hearts 
with Your life-transforming Spirit, may Your image in them be more 
clearly seen. Free them from any thoughts, words, and actions that are 
contrary to Your love, making them spiritually mature through the power 
of Your Spirit.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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