[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8672]
[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 Father, in whom we live and move and have our being, from 
whom we come and to whom we go at last, in this quiet moment of prayer, 
we praise You for Your providence that undergirds our Nation and its 
leaders. Let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on Earth as it is 
in Heaven.
  Today, give our lawmakers grace to distinguish between that which is 
nation-serving and that which is self-serving. Make them committed to 
serving You by serving others. Give them the wisdom to separate the 
important from the unimportant, the big concern from the trivial 
contention. Use our Senators for the betterment of this Nation and the 
building of Your Kingdom.
  And, Lord, we thank You for the wonderful work of our pages.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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