[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 2]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Harvey Sparks, Temple Hills Baptist Church, Temple Hills, 
Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  Father, Your Word tells us that blessed is the man who does not walk 
in the counsel of the wicked nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits 
in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and 
on His law he meditates day and night.
  Father, as we begin a new year that is full of both promise and hope, 
may we be a people who seek Your righteous wisdom. May we reject the 
sins of selfishness, greed, and pride. May we avoid apathy, ridicule, 
and division. This new year help us to seek Your truth and submit 
ourselves to Your law so that we might experience the rich blessings of 
Christ.
  Regardless of what challenges the new year holds, let us not lose 
hope because Christ has defeated the grave. It is in His holy and 
precious name that we pray.
  Amen.

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