[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Wade Stevenson, Gideon Missionary Baptist Church, 
Waukegan, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  God of unity and of peace, we come to this opening session 
acknowledging that You are the source of life and that each person's 
life is subject to Your governance.
  We bring to this session the diverse concerns of the districts we 
represent, and in bringing those concerns, we acknowledge that through 
You we can serve in unity.
  As we come to this session and into these Halls, we also acknowledge 
that through You we can have peace. Let peace rest within these Halls, 
and let us rest in that peace through the demonstration of our patience 
and cooperation in serving.
  Finally, we pray that our time spent here will be meaningful and that 
You will bless our service to produce fruit in the lives of those we 
represent.
  We thank You for the opportunity to serve through Your unity as 
instruments of Your peace.
  Amen.

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