[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2488]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  We acknowledge today, O Lord, Your power, mercy, and grace. We need 
Your power, for the challenges we face require more than human wisdom 
and strength. We need Your mercy, for we transgress Your law and fall 
short of Your glory. We need Your grace, for we cannot offer anything 
to merit Your favor or gain Your love.
  Empower our Senators for today's journey. Lord, give them confidence 
to draw near to You, that they may find grace to help them in this time 
of need. In an unstable world, where freedom lovers are challenged to 
live courageously, guide our lawmakers to be models of courage. May 
they send the right signals to an unstable and dangerous world.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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