[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7247]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Joshua Beckley, Ecclesia Christian Fellowship, San 
Bernardino, California, offered the following prayer:
  Our Father and our God, we pray for this session of Congress, in 
light of all that is going on in our world and the threats that face us 
as a Nation, that You would give clarity and thought and discernment as 
they follow their agenda today.
  I pray that You would endow them with wisdom and knowledge, with 
empathy, and compassion to determine the best course of action that 
would affect the greatest good for all who would be affected by their 
decisions today.
  I pray that they would be mindful of our Pledge of Allegiance that 
declares that we are one nation under God and that You are the ultimate 
leader of this Nation.
  The Scriptures remind us that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin 
is a reproach to any people.
  Bless this 114th session of the House of Representatives. In the 
mighty Name of Jesus, we pray.
  Amen.

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