[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. William Langford, Great Bridge Baptist Church, 
Chesapeake, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Our Heavenly Father, as we stand here today, we cannot help but first 
be thankful for Your providential hand that has guided and blessed our 
country.
  Father, I am also very thankful for the Members of this people's 
House, for their willingness to serve and to represent the citizens who 
have called upon them. And as they take on the issues of this day, I 
ask you, Lord, that You would first give them a spirit of humility to 
recognize our limitations, but to also recognize our need for You.
  I pray, Lord, that You would give them a heart to seek Your infinite 
wisdom, rather than relying on our finite understanding.
  I pray, Lord, that You would give them clarity as they discern Your 
direction, and then I pray that You would give them the courage to 
follow You and to lead us and protect us in these challenging and 
increasingly dangerous days.
  Father, I pray that You would give us the assurance that whenever we 
stand resolved to seek Your wisdom to act on Your leadership, that You 
will indeed bless our tomorrows.
  I pray all these things in the name of Jesus, who is eternally 
faithful and forever trustworthy.
  Amen.

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