[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, You are from eternity past and future, the same 
yesterday, today, and forever. We are Your children seeking to 
understand the destinies You have choreographed for our lives. Lord, we 
stand weak and mortal, surrounded by the immensities of Your power and 
the unfolding of Your loving providence.
  Today use our lawmakers as servants for Your purposes. May they 
remember that life is a dress rehearsal for eternity and a time of 
training and testing. May their world be centered not in themselves but 
in You as they better comprehend the vanity of the temporal and the 
glory of the eternal. As many recover from burning the midnight oil, 
lift their minds beyond all time and space to You, the Author and 
Finisher of our faith.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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