[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's opening prayer will be offered by 
Dr. Benny Tate, senior pastor of Rock Springs Church in Milner, GA.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our most kind and gracious Heavenly Father, as we bow our heads and 
hearts before You, we come with a grateful heart. I lift this esteemed 
body of individuals to Your care and blessing. My prayer is that You 
will illuminate their understanding because, as Ben Franklin reminded 
us, You are the Father of lights. I pray for every Member that they 
would follow the direction of President Abraham Lincoln and be driven 
to their knees by an overwhelming conviction that they had nowhere else 
to go. God, give our leaders direction and guidance. I ask You to unify 
the hearts of the men and women serving in this body, for unity is 
where You commanded the blessing. May every Member remember the goal is 
more important than any role, and our Lord teaches us that the greatest 
of all is the one who serves, and anyone can be great because anyone 
can serve.
  We pray this prayer, respecting all faiths, but we pray this prayer 
in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  Until You come, we pray. Amen.

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