[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11004]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Shane Hall, First Southern Baptist Church, Del City, 
Oklahoma, offered the following prayer:
  Holy and awesome God,
  We give You thanks today for every good gift, for we know that every 
good gift comes from You.
  We give You thanks today for the United States of America and the 
freedoms found within her borders.
  We give You thanks today for the men and women of this Congress whom 
You have placed in positions of leadership in our Nation
  May You give them wisdom, which can only come from You, to legislate 
in such a way that the laws of this Nation might conform to Your will.
  Impart within each of us a desire to seek You in all things 
pertaining to life and eternal life. May we love You, our God, with all 
of our heart, soul, strength, and mind; and may we love our neighbor as 
ourselves.
  For it is in the name of Jesus we pray.
  Amen.

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