[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5781]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's opening prayer will be offered by 
Chris Justice, Pastor of Lee Park Church in Monroe, NC.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Father in Heaven, Your Name is great. You are sovereign and holy. You 
offer Christ-centered salvation and peace. You are ever present in our 
time of need.
  We thank You for the great gift of the United States of America. We 
ask You to protect, guide, and direct the Members of the U.S. Senate.
  For all the issues that might divide us, I pray that Your Spirit 
would enlighten us and convict us to fulfill Your call to love one 
another as You have loved us.
  May it be true that in all our ways we would acknowledge You so that 
You would make our paths straight. May it be true that we would desire 
and actively pursue that Your will be done and Your Kingdom come, on 
Earth now as it is in Heaven. May it be true that we would be careful 
to give You all the praise, honor, and glory due You.
  We pray to You and we praise You in Jesus's Name. Amen.

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