[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10377]
[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 Lord God, sustainer of nations, continue to heal our land. We 
claim Your promise that if people of faith will humble themselves and 
fervently seek You in prayer as they turn from evil, that You will hear 
their intercession, forgive their sins, and heal their land.
  Use our lawmakers as instruments of unity. As they model the bridge 
building necessary to bring harmony and healing to nations, may their 
positive example transform lives. Lord, lead our Senators in righteous 
paths that will keep our Nation strong. Equip them to conduct the work 
of freedom with justice and humility.
  Teach us all to disagree without being disagreeable, to seek to 
understand before being understood, to plant seeds of love to 
counteract hate, and to sow seeds of hope to eliminate despair.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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