[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5035]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Kenny Gooden, Union Grove Baptist Church, Yadkinville, North 
Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, today, we humbly come into Your presence, confessing 
our sins, asking You for mercy, grace, and forgiveness. We come, 
recognizing Your greatness and Your power, understanding today that, 
from Heaven, You oversee all that we do. We come, thanking You for the 
many blessings that You have bestowed upon this Nation in years past. 
For Your divine protection, provisions, and the power that You have 
bestowed upon us, we are grateful.
  Today, we make these requests:
  We pray for the Members of this great body that You grant to them 
safety, divine wisdom, and knowledge as they make decisions which 
affect both history and every American citizen.
  We pray that You give to them a love for both You and this Nation 
that is unwavering and unsurpassed.
  We also pray today for Your protection over the men and women who 
serve in our Nation's military all around the world.
  And, above everything, we pray today for a real, true revival of 
righteousness in America, and we make this prayer in the name that is 
above every name and to which every knee shall bow and every tongue 
confess--the name of Jesus Christ.
  Amen.

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