[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11346]
[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 Spirit, may our lawmakers delight today in Your guidance, 
finding joy in their daily fellowship with You. Strengthened by this 
fellowship, enable them to be as productive as trees planted by streams 
of water. Lord, give our Senators the wisdom to live for Your glory in 
each of life's seasons.
  Protect our Nation from the forces that seek to destroy it both 
foreign and domestic. Lord, don't permit the weapons formed against 
America to prosper, for You remain our refuge and fortress. Continue to 
be the strength of our lives as we refuse to forget the many times You 
have protected and preserved us in the past.
  We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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